पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 15, 1957 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: धनु सङ्क्रान्ति — Dhanu Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Sagittarius; Dhanu-māsa (Khara-māsa).
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.17 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
आत्मसम्भाविताः स्तब्धा धनमानमदान्विताः।यजन्ते नामयज्ञैस्ते दम्भेनाविधिपूर्वकम्।।16.17।।
"16.17 Self-conceited, stubborn, rich, proud and insolent, they make a display of their patronage, disregarding the rules of decency." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2014 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1879 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1364
Malayalam Era: 1133
Nanakshahi: 488
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya239.54°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra160.09°KanyāHasta P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala211.80°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
बुध Budha258.82°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati183.14°TulāCitrā P3
शुक्र Śukra283.87°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani234.62°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:12 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:21 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:46 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:30 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:27 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 09 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 50 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:58 – 06:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:26 – 07:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:05
Vijaya Muhūrta13:18 – 13:55
Godhūli Muhūrta16:09 – 16:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:21 – 16:44
Amṛta Kāla16:06 – 17:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:05

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:12 – 16:21
Yamaganda11:46 – 12:55
Gulika Kāla14:04 – 15:12
Varjyam07:35 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta 09:20 – 09:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:12 – 08:20 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:20 – 09:29 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:29 – 10:38 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:38 – 11:46 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:46 – 12:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:55 – 14:04 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:04 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:12 – 16:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:21 – 18:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:12 – 20:04 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:04 – 21:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:55 – 23:46 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:46 – 01:38 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:38 – 03:29 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:29 – 05:20 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:20 – 07:12 (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 — 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 Year5059 · Kali-5059
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1847722.27 · 5058.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2436187.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.2656° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)280.57° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (23.2656°) · declination -23.24° · EoT 4.18 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:1957-12-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)