पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 15, 2028 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 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 6.16 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः।

न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन।।6.16।।
"6.16 Meditation is not for him who eats too much, not for him who eats not at all; not for him who is overmuch addicted to sleep, not for him who is always awake." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya270.15°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra130.37°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala284.29°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha288.26°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati153.07°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra307.45°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani357.24°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:16 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:43 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:02 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:20 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 27 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 32 Mins 55 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:01 – 06:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:29 – 07:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:12
Godhūli Muhūrta16:31 – 16:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:43 – 17:07
Amṛta Kāla16:28 – 18:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:19

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:38 – 10:49
Yamaganda13:11 – 14:22
Gulika Kāla07:16 – 08:27
Varjyam07:40 – 07:55
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:48

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:16 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:27 – 09:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:38 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:49 – 12:00 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:00 – 13:11 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:11 – 14:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:22 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:33 – 16:43 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:43 – 18:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:33 – 20:22 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:22 – 22:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:11 – 00:00 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:00 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:49 – 03:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:38 – 05:27 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:27 – 07:16 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5129 · Kali-5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873320.27 · 5129.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2461785.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.2447° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)217.23° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.2447°) · declination -21.24° · EoT -9.35 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2028-01-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)