पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 16, 1975 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 18.78 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः।

तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम।।18.78।
"18.78 Wherever is the Lord Shri Krishna, the Prince of Wisdom, and wherever is Arjuna, the Great Archer, I am more than convinced that good fortune, victory, happiness and righteousness will follow"" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.78's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2032 Vibhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1897 Rākṣasa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1382
Malayalam Era: 1151
Nanakshahi: 506
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya89.40°MithunaPunarvasu P3
चन्द्र Candra182.25°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala17.23°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
बुध Budha72.57°MithunaĀrdrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati359.81°MīnaRevatī P4
शुक्र Śukra131.26°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शनि Śani89.12°MithunaPunarvasu P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:28 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:24 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:41 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:35 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 55 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 04 Mins 18 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:29 – 03:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:14 – 04:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta19:12 – 19:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:24 – 20:01
Amṛta Kāla19:09 – 20:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:56 – 13:48
Yamaganda06:20 – 08:12
Gulika Kāla10:04 – 11:56
Varjyam05:06 – 05:30
Dur Muhūrta 07:57 – 08:27

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:28 – 06:20 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:20 – 08:12 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:12 – 10:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:04 – 11:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:56 – 13:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:48 – 15:40 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:40 – 17:32 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:32 – 19:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:24 – 20:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:32 – 21:40 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:40 – 22:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:48 – 23:56 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:56 – 01:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:04 – 02:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:12 – 03:20 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:20 – 04:28 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Citrā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma'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 Year5077 · Kali-5077
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1854144.27 · 5076.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2442609.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5113° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)90.83° · 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 (23.5113°) · declination 21.49° · EoT -5.68 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:1975-07-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)