पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 26, 1979 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 18.56 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः।मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्।।18.56।।
"18.56 Relying on Me in all his action and doing them for My sake, he attains, by My Grace, Eternal and Unchangeable Life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.56's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2036 Aṅgirasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1901 Siddhārthī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1386
Malayalam Era: 1155
Nanakshahi: 510
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya11.66°MeṣaAśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra5.06°MeṣaAśvinī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala351.39°MīnaRevatī P2
बुध Budha345.07°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati96.63°KarkaPuṣya P1
शुक्र Śukra340.23°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani133.53°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:55 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:42 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:39 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:05 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 47 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 12 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:05 – 04:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:46 – 04:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta18:30 – 18:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:42 – 19:16
Amṛta Kāla18:27 – 20:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:32 – 15:15
Yamaganda04:55 – 06:38
Gulika Kāla08:22 – 10:05
Varjyam05:29 – 05:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:08 – 08:35

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:55 – 06:38 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:38 – 08:22 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:22 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:05 – 11:48 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:48 – 13:32 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:32 – 15:15 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:15 – 16:58 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:58 – 18:42 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:42 – 19:58 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:58 – 21:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:15 – 22:32 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:32 – 23:48 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:48 – 01:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:05 – 02:22 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:22 – 03:38 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:38 – 04:55 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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 Year5081 · Kali-5081
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855524.27 · 5080.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2443989.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5640° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)355.26° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30)
🪷 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 (23.5640°) · declination 13.26° · EoT 2.16 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:1979-04-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)