पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 3, 2032 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 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2089 Krodhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1954 Paridhāvi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1439
Malayalam Era: 1208
Nanakshahi: 563
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya289.44°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra181.41°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala332.39°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha289.55°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.48°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra259.04°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani51.72°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:02 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:07 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:25 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:19 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 04 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 55 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:41 – 06:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:12 – 07:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:26
Godhūli Muhūrta16:55 – 17:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:07 – 17:32
Amṛta Kāla16:52 – 18:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:36 – 15:51
Yamaganda09:33 – 10:49
Gulika Kāla12:04 – 13:20
Varjyam07:27 – 07:43
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:43

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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):
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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:02 – 08:18 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:18 – 09:33 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:33 – 10:49 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:49 – 12:04 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:04 – 13:20 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:20 – 14:36 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:36 – 15:51 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:51 – 17:07 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:07 – 18:51 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:51 – 20:36 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:36 – 22:20 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:20 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:04 – 01:49 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:49 – 03:33 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:33 – 05:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:18 – 07:02 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5133
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874800.27
Julian Day2463265.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.3013°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)255.74°
🪷 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 (24.3013°), declination -16.70°, EoT -13.97 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: 2032-02-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)