पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 9, 1983 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 3.23 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यदि ह्यहं न वर्तेयं जातु कर्मण्यतन्द्रितः।

मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः।।3.23।।
"3.23 For were I not to act without ceasing, O prince, people would be glad to do likewise." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2040 Dhātṛ
Śaka Saṁvat: 1905 Rudhirodgāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1390
Malayalam Era: 1159
Nanakshahi: 514
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya112.29°KarkaAśleṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra115.68°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala93.62°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha137.73°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati218.44°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शुक्र Śukra135.55°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani184.95°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:51 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:00 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:10 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:08 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 09 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 50 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:58 – 03:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:40 – 04:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:48 – 19:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:00 – 19:36
Amṛta Kāla18:45 – 20:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:28 – 17:14
Yamaganda08:23 – 10:10
Gulika Kāla11:56 – 13:42
Varjyam05:26 – 05:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:09 – 08:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Roga04:51 – 06:37 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:37 – 08:23 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:23 – 10:10 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:10 – 11:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:56 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:42 – 15:28 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:28 – 17:14 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:14 – 19:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:00 – 20:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:14 – 21:28 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:28 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:42 – 23:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:56 – 01:10 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:10 – 02:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:23 – 03:37 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:37 – 04:51 (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 Year5085 · Kali-5085
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1857090.27 · 5084.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2445555.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6239° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)3.13° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.6239°) · declination 16.06° · EoT -5.21 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:1983-08-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)