पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 22, 1971 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 18.56 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः।मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्।।18.56।।
"18.56 Relying on Me in all his action and doing them for My sake, he attains, by My Grace, Eternal and Unchangeable Life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.56's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2028 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1893 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1378
Malayalam Era: 1147
Nanakshahi: 502
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya124.85°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra136.88°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala290.96°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha133.78°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati215.08°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शुक्र Śukra123.68°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani42.74°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:04 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:42 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:10 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:12 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 37 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 22 Mins 18 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:15 – 04:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:56 – 05:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta18:30 – 18:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:42 – 19:16
Amṛta Kāla18:27 – 20:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:00 – 18:42
Yamaganda11:53 – 13:35
Gulika Kāla15:17 – 17:00
Varjyam05:38 – 06:00
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:04 – 06:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:46 – 08:29 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:29 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:11 – 11:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:53 – 13:35 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:35 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:17 – 17:00 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:00 – 18:42 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:42 – 20:00 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:00 – 21:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:17 – 22:35 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:35 – 23:53 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:53 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:11 – 02:29 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:29 – 03:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:46 – 05:04 (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 Year5073 · Kali-5073
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1852720.27 · 5072.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2441185.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4568° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)14.45° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.4568°) · declination 12.06° · EoT -2.54 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:1971-08-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)