पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 31, 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 18.65 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga🪷 Priyo 'si Me · the Sakha-Bhāva
मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु।मामेवैष्यसि सत्यं ते प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे।।18.65।।
"18.65 Dedicate thyself to Me, worship Me, sacrifice all for Me, prostrate thyself before Me, and to Me thou shalt surely come. Truly do I pledge thee; thou art My own beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.65's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya255.07°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra149.22°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala207.66°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha270.38°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati340.74°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra207.67°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani98.94°KarkaPuṣya P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:29 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:38 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:03 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 10 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 49 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:05 – 06:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:33 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta13:26 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta16:17 – 16:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:29 – 16:52
Amṛta Kāla16:14 – 17:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:12

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:20 – 16:29
Yamaganda11:54 – 13:03
Gulika Kāla14:11 – 15:20
Varjyam07:41 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:18 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:27 – 09:36 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:36 – 10:45 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:45 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:54 – 13:03 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:03 – 14:11 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:11 – 15:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:20 – 16:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:29 – 18:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:20 – 20:11 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:11 – 22:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:03 – 23:54 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:54 – 01:45 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:45 – 03:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:36 – 05:27 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:27 – 07:18 (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 Year5136
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1875862.27
Julian Day2464327.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.3419°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)251.94°
🪷 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 (24.3419°), declination -23.10°, EoT -3.26 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: 2034-12-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)