पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 19, 1980 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 6.44 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः।

जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते।।6.44।।
"6.44 Unconsciously he will return to the practices of his old life; so that he who tries to realise spiritual consciousness is certainly superior to one who only talks of it." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2037 Śrīmukha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1902 Raudra
Bengali Saṁvat: 1387
Malayalam Era: 1156
Nanakshahi: 511
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya305.97°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra343.54°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala134.91°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha324.34°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati132.24°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शुक्र Śukra347.41°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani151.71°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:43 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:27 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:22 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:48 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 44 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 15 Mins 47 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:17 – 06:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:49 – 06:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:52 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:15 – 17:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:27 – 17:54
Amṛta Kāla17:12 – 18:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:46 – 16:06
Yamaganda09:24 – 10:44
Gulika Kāla12:05 – 13:25
Varjyam07:10 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:35

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:43 – 08:03 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:03 – 09:24 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:24 – 10:44 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:44 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:05 – 13:25 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:25 – 14:46 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:46 – 16:06 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:06 – 17:27 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:27 – 19:06 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:06 – 20:46 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:46 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:25 – 00:05 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:05 – 01:44 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:44 – 03:24 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:24 – 05:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:03 – 06:43 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1855823.27 · 5081.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444288.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5755° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)34.78° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (23.5755°) · declination -11.63° · EoT -14.37 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:1980-02-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)