पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 12, 1985 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.41 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां च परंतप।कर्माणि प्रविभक्तानि स्वभावप्रभवैर्गुणैः।।18.41।।
"18.41 O Arjuna! The duties of spiritual teachers, the soldiers, the traders and the servants have all been fixed according to the dominant Quality in their nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2042 Bahudhānya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1907 Krodhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1392
Malayalam Era: 1161
Nanakshahi: 516
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.14°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra152.68°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala320.11°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha246.85°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati271.30°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra315.07°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani211.70°VṛścikaViśākhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:17 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:40 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:09 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:25 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 23 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 36 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:02 – 06:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:30 – 07:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta13:33 – 14:10
Godhūli Muhūrta16:28 – 16:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:40 – 17:04
Amṛta Kāla16:25 – 18:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:18

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:38 – 10:48
Yamaganda13:09 – 14:20
Gulika Kāla07:17 – 08:28
Varjyam07:41 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:17 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:28 – 09:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:38 – 10:48 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:48 – 11:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:59 – 13:09 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:09 – 14:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:20 – 15:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:30 – 16:40 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:40 – 18:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:30 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:20 – 22:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:09 – 23:59 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:59 – 01:48 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:48 – 03:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:38 – 05:28 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:28 – 07:17 (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 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 Year5086 · Kali-5086
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1857612.27 · 5086.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2446077.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6439° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)243.15° · 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 (23.6439°) · declination -21.67° · EoT -8.27 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:1985-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)