पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 23, 2037 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 10.2 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
न मे विदुः सुरगणाः प्रभवं न महर्षयः।

अहमादिर्हि देवानां महर्षीणां च सर्वशः।।10.2।।
"10.2 Neither the professors of divinity nor the great ascetics know My origin, for I am the source of them all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2094 Pramoda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1959 Piṅgala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1444
Malayalam Era: 1213
Nanakshahi: 568
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.15°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra72.94°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala25.22°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
बुध Budha225.30°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati92.27°KarkaPunarvasu P4
शुक्र Śukra265.10°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani141.27°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:16 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:24 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:39 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:47 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 07 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 52 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:03 – 06:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:31 – 07:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:32 – 12:08
Vijaya Muhūrta13:21 – 13:58
Godhūli Muhūrta16:12 – 16:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:24 – 16:47
Amṛta Kāla16:09 – 17:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:32 – 00:08

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:50 – 12:59
Yamaganda08:25 – 09:33
Gulika Kāla10:42 – 11:50
Varjyam07:39 – 07:54
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:16 – 08:25 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:25 – 09:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:33 – 10:42 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:42 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:50 – 12:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:59 – 14:07 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:07 – 15:15 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:15 – 16:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:24 – 18:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:15 – 20:07 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:07 – 21:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:59 – 23:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:50 – 01:42 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:42 – 03:33 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:33 – 05:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:25 – 07:16 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5139
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1876950.27
Julian Day2465415.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.3835°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)184.82°
🪷 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 (24.3835°), declination -23.43°, EoT 0.44 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: 2037-12-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)