पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 3, 2032 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 7.16 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन।

आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ।।7.16।।
"7.16 O Arjuna! The righteous who worship Me are grouped by stages: first, they who suffer, next they who desire knowledge, then they who thirst after truth, and lastly they who attain wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2089 Krodhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1954 Paridhāvi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1439
Malayalam Era: 1208
Nanakshahi: 563
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya257.89°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra135.70°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala308.64°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha240.29°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati256.44°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra220.90°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani53.27°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:19 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:31 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:15 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:18 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 12 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 47 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:05 – 06:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:33 – 07:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:27 – 14:04
Godhūli Muhūrta16:19 – 16:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:31 – 16:54
Amṛta Kāla16:16 – 18:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:14

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:37 – 10:46
Yamaganda13:04 – 14:13
Gulika Kāla07:19 – 08:28
Varjyam07:42 – 07:57
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:19 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:28 – 09:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:37 – 10:46 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:46 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:55 – 13:04 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:04 – 14:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:13 – 15:22 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:22 – 16:31 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:31 – 18:22 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:22 – 20:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:13 – 22:04 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:04 – 23:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:55 – 01:46 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:46 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:37 – 05:28 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:28 – 07:19 (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

Kali Year5133
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874769.27
Julian Day2463234.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.3001°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)241.68°
🪷 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 (24.3001°), declination -22.88°, EoT -4.59 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: 2032-01-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)