पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 4, 1954 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: माघ गुप्त नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Māgha Gupta Navrātri Start
Hidden (gupta) Navrātri for advanced sādhanā of 10 Mahāvidyās.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.9 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः।प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः।।16.9।।
"16.9 Thinking thus, these degraded souls, these enemies of mankind - whose intelligence is negligible and whose deeds are monstrous - come into the world only to destroy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2011 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1876 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1361
Malayalam Era: 1130
Nanakshahi: 485
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya291.48°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra296.53°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala214.12°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha306.24°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati53.39°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शुक्र Śukra293.33°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani196.31°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:01 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:08 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:17 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:33 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 07 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 52 Mins 57 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:40 – 06:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:11 – 07:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:26
Godhūli Muhūrta16:56 – 17:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:08 – 17:33
Amṛta Kāla16:53 – 18:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:20 – 14:36
Yamaganda07:01 – 08:17
Gulika Kāla09:33 – 10:49
Varjyam07:26 – 07:43
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:43

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:01 – 08:17 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:17 – 09:33 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:33 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:49 – 12:05 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:05 – 13:20 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:20 – 14:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:36 – 15:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:52 – 17:08 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:08 – 18:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:52 – 20:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:36 – 22:20 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:20 – 00:05 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:05 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:49 – 03:33 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:33 – 05:17 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:17 – 07:01 (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 — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5055 · Kali-5055
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1846312.27 · 5055.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2434777.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.2117° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)3.50° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.2117°) · declination -16.43° · EoT -14.09 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1954-02-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)