पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 22, 1981 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 3.7 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन।

कर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगमसक्तः स विशिष्यते।।3.7।।
"3.7 But, O Arjuna! All honour to him whose mind controls his senses, for he is thereby beginning to practise Karma-Yoga, the Path of Right Action, keeping himself always unattached." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2038 Bhāva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1903 Durmati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1388
Malayalam Era: 1157
Nanakshahi: 512
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya125.27°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra27.90°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala89.58°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha136.86°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati166.47°KanyāHasta P2
शुक्र Śukra160.80°KanyāHasta P1
शनि Śani163.67°KanyāHasta P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:05 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:41 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:12 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:35 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 36 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 23 Mins 48 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:16 – 04:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:57 – 05:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta18:29 – 18:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:41 – 19:15
Amṛta Kāla18:26 – 20:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:29 – 10:11
Yamaganda13:35 – 15:17
Gulika Kāla05:05 – 06:47
Varjyam05:39 – 06:01
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:43

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:05 – 06:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:47 – 08:29 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:29 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:11 – 11:53 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:53 – 13:35 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:35 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:17 – 16:59 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:59 – 18:41 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:41 – 19:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:59 – 21:17 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:17 – 22:35 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:35 – 23:53 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:53 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:11 – 02:29 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:29 – 03:47 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:47 – 05:05 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Saptamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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 Year5083 · Kali-5083
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1856373.27 · 5082.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444838.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5965° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)262.13° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 22/30)
🪷 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 (23.5965°) · declination 11.87° · EoT -2.54 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:1981-08-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)