पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 22, 2034 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 18.56 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः।मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्।।18.56।।
"18.56 Relying on Me in all his action and doing them for My sake, he attains, by My Grace, Eternal and Unchangeable Life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.56's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2091 Prabhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1956 Ānanda
Bengali Saṁvat: 1441
Malayalam Era: 1210
Nanakshahi: 565
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya245.90°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra18.89°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala201.78°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha256.26°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati339.93°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra198.90°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani99.54°KarkaPuṣya P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:16 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:23 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:39 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:44 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 07 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 52 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:03 – 06:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:30 – 07:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:08
Vijaya Muhūrta13:21 – 13:57
Godhūli Muhūrta16:11 – 16:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:23 – 16:46
Amṛta Kāla16:08 – 17:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:08

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:41 – 11:50
Yamaganda14:06 – 15:15
Gulika Kāla08:24 – 09:33
Varjyam07:39 – 07:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:16 – 08:24 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:24 – 09:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:33 – 10:41 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:41 – 11:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:50 – 12:58 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:58 – 14:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:06 – 15:15 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:15 – 16:23 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:23 – 18:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:15 – 20:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:06 – 21:58 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:58 – 23:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:50 – 01:41 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:41 – 03:33 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:33 – 05:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:24 – 07:16 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5136
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1875853.27
Julian Day2464318.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.3415°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)135.81°
🪷 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 (24.3415°), declination -23.44°, EoT 0.91 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: 2034-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)