पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 1, 1963 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

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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 11.4 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga

मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो।

योगेश्वर ततो मे त्वं दर्शयाऽत्मानमव्ययम्।।11.4।।

"11.4 If Thou thinkest that it can be made possible for me to see it, show me, O Lord of Lords, Thine own Eternal Self." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 11.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2020 Nala

Śaka Saṁvat: 1885 Śobhana

Bengali Saṁvat: 1370

Malayalam Era: 1139

Nanakshahi: 494

Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	347.26°	Mīna	Revatī P1
चन्द्र Candra	76.04°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	103.86°	Karka	Puṣya P4
बुध Budha	348.81°	Mīna	Revatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	336.65°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra	309.57°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani	297.37°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:35 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:14 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:55 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	10:16 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	01:24 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 39 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 20 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:54 – 04:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:32 – 05:35
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:30 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:01 – 14:52
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:02 – 18:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:14 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla	17:59 – 19:44
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:30 – 00:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	07:10 – 08:45
Yamaganda	10:20 – 11:55
Gulika Kāla	13:30 – 15:05
Varjyam	06:07 – 06:27
Dur Muhūrta	08:32 – 08:58

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)

Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Amṛta	05:35 – 07:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	07:10 – 08:45 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	08:45 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:20 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	11:55 – 13:30 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:30 – 15:05 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	15:05 – 16:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	16:40 – 18:14 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	18:14 – 19:40 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	19:40 – 21:05 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	21:05 – 22:30 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:30 – 23:55 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	23:55 – 01:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:20 – 02:45 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	02:45 – 04:10 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	04:10 – 05:35 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Ārdrā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year	5064 · Kali-5064
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1849655.27 · 5064.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day	2438120.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)	23.3396° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	85.52° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)

🪷 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 (23.3396°) · declination 4.20° · EoT -4.34 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:1963-04-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)