पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 30, 1976 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: मासिक शिवरात्रि — Māsika Śivarātri
Monthly Śiva observance.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.36 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः।

सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि।।4.36।।
"4.36 Be thou the greatest of sinners, yet thou shalt cross over all sin by the ferryboat of wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2033 Śukla
Śaka Saṁvat: 1898 Nala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1383
Malayalam Era: 1152
Nanakshahi: 507
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya285.75°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra271.26°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala52.07°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
बुध Budha271.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati355.31°MīnaRevatī P3
शुक्र Śukra251.44°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani95.31°KarkaPuṣya P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:06 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:01 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:24 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:48 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 54 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 05 Mins 09 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:47 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:17 – 07:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:23
Godhūli Muhūrta16:49 – 17:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:01 – 17:26
Amṛta Kāla16:46 – 18:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:50 – 12:04
Yamaganda14:33 – 15:47
Gulika Kāla08:21 – 09:35
Varjyam07:31 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:45

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:06 – 08:21 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:21 – 09:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:35 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:50 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:04 – 13:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:18 – 14:33 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:33 – 15:47 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:47 – 17:01 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:01 – 18:47 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:47 – 20:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:33 – 22:18 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:18 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:04 – 01:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:50 – 03:35 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:35 – 05:21 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:21 – 07:06 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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)1854342.27 · 5077.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2442807.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5188° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)346.80° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.5188°) · declination -17.93° · EoT -13.36 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:1976-01-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)