पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 20, 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

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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 15.1 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga

श्री भगवानुवाचऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम्।छन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित्।।15.1।।

"15.1 "Lord Shri Krishna continued: This phenomenal creation, which is both ephemeral and eternal, is like a tree, but having its seed above in the Highest and its ramifications on this earth below. The scriptures are its leaves, and he who understands this, knows." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 15.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2035 Prajāpati

Śaka Saṁvat: 1900 Kālayukta

Bengali Saṁvat: 1385

Malayalam Era: 1154

Nanakshahi: 509

Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)	Gara
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	244.23°	Dhanu	Mūla P2
चन्द्र Candra	124.74°	Siṃha	Maghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	252.27°	Dhanu	Mūla P4
बुध Budha	223.39°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	104.23°	Karka	Puṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra	201.92°	Tulā	Viśākhā P1
शनि Śani	140.24°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P3

☀️ 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)	21:03 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	10:38 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 07 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 52 Mins 16 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	06:02 – 06:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:29 – 07:15
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:30 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:20 – 13:56
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:11 – 16:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:23 – 16:45
Amṛta Kāla	16:08 – 17:53
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:30 – 00:07

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:49 – 12:57
Yamaganda	08:23 – 09:32
Gulika Kāla	10:40 – 11:49
Varjyam	07:38 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta	09:23 – 09:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: West

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	07:15 – 08:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	08:23 – 09:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	09:32 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:40 – 11:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	11:49 – 12:57 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	12:57 – 14:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	14:06 – 15:14 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	15:14 – 16:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	16:23 – 18:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	18:14 – 20:06 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	20:06 – 21:57 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	21:57 – 23:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	23:49 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:40 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	03:32 – 05:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	05:23 – 07:15 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

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 Year	5080 · Kali-5080
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1855397.27 · 5079.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day	2443862.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)	23.5592° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	244.06° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)

🪷 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 (23.5592°) · 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:1978-12-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)