पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 6, 2028 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 6.38 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति।

अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।6.38।।
"6.38 Having failed in both, my Lord, is he without hope, like a riven cloud having no support, lost on the spiritual road?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla 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

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya292.51°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra49.86°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala301.66°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha283.98°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati152.12°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra333.73°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani358.52°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:59 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:11 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:23 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:25 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 11 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 48 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:37 – 06:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:08 – 06:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:28
Godhūli Muhūrta16:59 – 17:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:11 – 17:36
Amṛta Kāla16:56 – 18:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:54 – 17:11
Yamaganda12:05 – 13:21
Gulika Kāla14:38 – 15:54
Varjyam07:24 – 07:41
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:59 – 08:15 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:15 – 09:32 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:32 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:48 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:05 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:21 – 14:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:38 – 15:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:54 – 17:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:11 – 18:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:54 – 20:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:38 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:21 – 00:05 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:05 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:48 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:32 – 05:15 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:15 – 06:59 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ekādaśī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873342.27
Julian Day2461807.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2455°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)120.10°
🪷 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 (24.2455°), declination -15.81°, EoT -14.30 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: 2028-02-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)