पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 8, 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 8.22 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया।

यस्यान्तःस्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।।8.22।।
"8.22 O Arjuna! That Highest God, in Whom all beings abide, and Who pervades the entire universe, is reached only by wholehearted devotion. [The following material (between the asterisks) is an example of what may be a "doctored' inclusion. It does not jibe with the rest of the ma…" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.22'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 Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya294.51°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra248.95°DhanuMūla P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala336.19°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha298.36°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati264.57°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra265.23°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani51.62°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:57 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:13 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:30 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:35 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 16 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 43 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:34 – 06:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:05 – 06:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:29
Godhūli Muhūrta17:01 – 17:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:13 – 17:39
Amṛta Kāla16:58 – 18:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:56 – 17:13
Yamaganda12:05 – 13:22
Gulika Kāla14:39 – 15:56
Varjyam07:22 – 07:39
Dur Muhūrta 09:20 – 09:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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):
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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:57 – 08:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:14 – 09:31 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:31 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:48 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:05 – 13:22 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:22 – 14:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:39 – 15:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:56 – 17:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:13 – 18:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:56 – 20:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:39 – 22:22 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:22 – 00:05 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:05 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:48 – 03:31 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:31 – 05:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:14 – 06:57 (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 Time

Kali Year5133
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874805.27
Julian Day2463270.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.3015°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)316.86°
🪷 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 (24.3015°), declination -15.18°, EoT -14.45 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: 2032-02-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)