पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 21, 2027 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.20 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि।

मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम्।।16.20।।
"16.20 So reborn, they spend life after life, enveloped in delusion. And they never reach Me, O Prince, but degenerate into still lower forms of life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1434
Malayalam Era: 1203
Nanakshahi: 558
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya276.52°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra75.54°MithunaĀrdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala135.07°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha288.54°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati120.22°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra230.04°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani345.25°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

Chicago, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:13 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:51 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:04 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:11 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 37 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 22 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:56 – 06:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:25 – 07:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta13:38 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta16:39 – 17:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:51 – 17:15
Amṛta Kāla16:36 – 18:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:21

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:14 – 14:26
Yamaganda07:13 – 08:25
Gulika Kāla09:37 – 10:50
Varjyam07:37 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:13 – 08:25 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:25 – 09:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:37 – 10:50 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:50 – 12:02 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:02 – 13:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:14 – 14:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:26 – 15:38 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:38 – 16:51 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:51 – 18:38 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:38 – 20:26 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:26 – 22:14 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:14 – 00:02 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:02 – 01:50 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:50 – 03:37 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:37 – 05:25 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:25 – 07:13 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872961.27
Julian Day2461426.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2309°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)160.28°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.2309°), declination -19.99°, EoT -11.26 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2027-01-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)