पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 20, 1973 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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🪷 आज: एकादशी — Ekādaśī
Sacred to Bhagavān Viṣṇu; vrata for purification.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.9 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः।

तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसंगः समाचर।।3.9।।
"3.9 In this world people are fettered by action, unless it is performed as a sacrifice. Therefore, O Arjuna, let thy acts be done without attachment, as sacrifice only." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2030 Akṣaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1895 Pramādī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1380
Malayalam Era: 1149
Nanakshahi: 504
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya244.52°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra193.98°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala5.65°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha233.53°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati288.71°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शुक्र Śukra284.52°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani68.28°MithunaĀrdrā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:15 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:23 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:15 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:38 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 07 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 52 Mins 18 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:02 – 06:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:29 – 07:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:30 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:20 – 13:56
Godhūli Muhūrta16:11 – 16:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:23 – 16:45
Amṛta Kāla16:08 – 17:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:30 – 00:07

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:57 – 14:06
Yamaganda07:15 – 08:23
Gulika Kāla09:32 – 10:40
Varjyam07:38 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:15 – 08:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:23 – 09:32 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:32 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:40 – 11:49 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:49 – 12:57 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:57 – 14:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:06 – 15:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:14 – 16:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:23 – 18:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:14 – 20:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:06 – 21:57 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:57 – 23:49 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:49 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:40 – 03:32 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:32 – 05:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:23 – 07:15 (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 Year5075 · Kali-5075
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1853571.27 · 5074.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2442036.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4893° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)307.20° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.4893°) · declination -23.42° · EoT 1.85 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:1973-12-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)