पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 25, 2033 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 8.7 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च।

मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्मामेवैष्यस्यसंशयम्।।8.7।।
"8.7 Therefore meditate always on Me, and fight; if thy mind and thy reason be fixed on Me, to Me shalt thou surely come." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2090 Akṣaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1955 Pramādī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1440
Malayalam Era: 1209
Nanakshahi: 564
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya249.22°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra288.70°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala321.91°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha249.57°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati308.63°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra246.34°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani84.35°MithunaPunarvasu P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:17 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:25 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:29 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:29 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 08 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 52 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:04 – 06:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:31 – 07:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:22 – 13:59
Godhūli Muhūrta16:13 – 16:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:25 – 16:48
Amṛta Kāla16:10 – 17:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:17 – 16:25
Yamaganda11:51 – 13:00
Gulika Kāla14:08 – 15:17
Varjyam07:40 – 07:54
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:43

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:17 – 08:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:26 – 09:34 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:34 – 10:43 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:43 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:51 – 13:00 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:00 – 14:08 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:08 – 15:17 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:17 – 16:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:25 – 18:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:17 – 20:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:08 – 22:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:00 – 23:51 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:51 – 01:43 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:43 – 03:34 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:34 – 05:26 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:26 – 07:17 (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 Year5135
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1875491.27
Julian Day2463956.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.3277°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)39.69°
🪷 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 (24.3277°), declination -23.39°, EoT -0.49 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: 2033-12-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)