पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 7, 2030 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 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: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2087 Rudhirodgāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1952 Sādhāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1437
Malayalam Era: 1206
Nanakshahi: 561
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.49°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra300.04°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala294.77°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha248.01°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati207.41°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra261.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani23.87°MeṣaBharaṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:35 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:13 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:41 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 17 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 42 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:04 – 06:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:32 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta13:30 – 14:07
Godhūli Muhūrta16:23 – 16:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:35 – 16:59
Amṛta Kāla16:20 – 18:05
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:28 – 09:38
Yamaganda10:47 – 11:57
Gulika Kāla13:06 – 14:16
Varjyam07:42 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:18 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:28 – 09:38 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:38 – 10:47 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:47 – 11:57 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:57 – 13:06 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:06 – 14:16 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:16 – 15:26 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:26 – 16:35 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:35 – 18:26 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:26 – 20:16 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:16 – 22:06 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:06 – 23:57 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:57 – 01:47 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:47 – 03:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:38 – 05:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:28 – 07:18 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5131
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874043.27
Julian Day2462508.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2723°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)38.20°
🪷 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 (24.2723°), declination -22.38°, EoT -6.29 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: 2030-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)