पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 25, 1978 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.19 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
इहैव तैर्जितः सर्गो येषां साम्ये स्थितं मनः।

निर्दोषं हि समं ब्रह्म तस्माद्ब्रह्मणि ते स्थिताः।।5.19।।
"5.19 Even in this world they conquer their earth-life whose minds, fixed on the Supreme, remain always balanced; for the Supreme has neither blemish nor bias." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2035 Prajāpati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1900 Kālayukta
Bengali Saṁvat: 1385
Malayalam Era: 1154
Nanakshahi: 509
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya281.16°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra109.11°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala97.19°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha261.10°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati63.39°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शुक्र Śukra282.15°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani125.26°SiṃhaMaghā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:10 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:56 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:28 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:42 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 45 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 14 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:52 – 06:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:21 – 07:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta13:40 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:44 – 17:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:56 – 17:20
Amṛta Kāla16:41 – 18:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:22

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:03 – 13:16
Yamaganda08:23 – 09:36
Gulika Kāla10:50 – 12:03
Varjyam07:35 – 07:50
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:10 – 08:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:23 – 09:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:36 – 10:50 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:50 – 12:03 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:03 – 13:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:16 – 14:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:29 – 15:42 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:42 – 16:56 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:56 – 18:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:42 – 20:29 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:29 – 22:16 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:16 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:03 – 01:50 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:50 – 03:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:36 – 05:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:23 – 07:10 (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 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 Year5079 · Kali-5079
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855068.27 · 5079.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2443533.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5466° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)188.50° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.5466°) · declination -19.08° · EoT -12.31 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:1978-01-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)