पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 17, 2027 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.16 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः।

तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम्।।5.16।।
"5.16 Surely wisdom is like the sun, revealing the supreme truth to those whose ignorance is dispelled by the wisdom of the Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1434
Malayalam Era: 1203
Nanakshahi: 558
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya240.60°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra106.26°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala261.64°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha243.07°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati151.99°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra272.01°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani356.84°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:13 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:22 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:40 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:59 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 08 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 51 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:00 – 06:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:27 – 07:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:29 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:19 – 13:55
Godhūli Muhūrta16:10 – 16:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:22 – 16:44
Amṛta Kāla16:07 – 17:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:29 – 00:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:39 – 11:47
Yamaganda14:04 – 15:13
Gulika Kāla08:22 – 09:30
Varjyam07:36 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:13 – 08:22 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:22 – 09:30 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:30 – 10:39 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:39 – 11:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:47 – 12:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:56 – 14:04 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:04 – 15:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:13 – 16:22 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:22 – 18:13 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:13 – 20:04 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:04 – 21:56 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:56 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:47 – 01:39 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:39 – 03:30 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:30 – 05:22 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:22 – 07:13 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873291.27
Julian Day2461756.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2436°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)222.98°
🪷 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 (24.2436°), declination -23.34°, EoT 3.25 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: 2027-12-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)