पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 22, 2037 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 1.39 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम्।

कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन।।1.39।।
"1.39 Should not we, whose eyes are open, who consider it to be wrong to annihilate our house, turn away from so great a crime?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.39's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2094 Pramoda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1959 Piṅgala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1444
Malayalam Era: 1213
Nanakshahi: 568
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya277.98°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra339.04°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala237.69°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha254.75°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati51.49°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra263.26°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani126.61°SiṃhaMaghā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:12 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:52 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:58 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:14 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 40 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 19 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:54 – 06:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:23 – 07:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta13:39 – 14:18
Godhūli Muhūrta16:40 – 17:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:52 – 17:17
Amṛta Kāla16:37 – 18:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:21

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:15 – 14:27
Yamaganda07:12 – 08:24
Gulika Kāla09:37 – 10:49
Varjyam07:36 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:12 – 08:24 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:24 – 09:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:37 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:49 – 12:02 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:02 – 13:15 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:15 – 14:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:27 – 15:40 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:40 – 16:52 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:52 – 18:40 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:40 – 20:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:27 – 22:15 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:15 – 00:02 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:02 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:49 – 03:37 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:37 – 05:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:24 – 07:12 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5138
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1876615.27
Julian Day2465080.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.3707°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)65.11°
🪷 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 (24.3707°), declination -19.63°, EoT -11.54 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: 2037-01-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)