पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 16, 1986 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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Also observed today
- अन्नपूर्णा जयन्ती · Annapūrṇā JayantīShakta
- धनु सङ्क्रान्ति · Dhanu SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.43 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शौर्यं तेजो धृतिर्दाक्ष्यं युद्धे चाप्यपलायनम्।दानमीश्वरभावश्च क्षात्रं कर्म स्वभावजम्।।18.43।।
"18.43 Valour, glory, firmness, skill, generosity, steadiness in battle and ability to rule - these constitute the duty of a soldier. They flow from his own nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2043 Pramāthi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1908 Akṣaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1393
Malayalam Era: 1162
Nanakshahi: 517
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2 |
| योग (Yoga) | Śubha |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Bava |
| वार (Vāra) | Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 240.11° | Dhanu | Mūla P1 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 57.32° | Vṛṣabha | Mr̥gaśirā P2 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 320.11° | Kumbha | Pūrva Bhādrapadā P1 |
| बुध Budha | 225.19° | Vṛścika | Anurādhā P4 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 322.40° | Kumbha | Pūrva Bhādrapadā P1 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 198.26° | Tulā | Svātī P4 |
| शनि Śani | 229.52° | Vṛścika | Jyeṣṭhā P1 |
☀️ Chicago, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 07:12 UTC-6 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 16:21 UTC-6 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:47 UTC-6 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 16:02 UTC-6 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 07:09 UTC-6 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 9 Hours 08 Mins 54 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 14 Hours 51 Mins 06 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 05:59 – 06:36 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 06:27 – 07:12 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:29 – 12:05 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:18 – 13:55 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 16:09 – 16:33 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 16:21 – 16:44 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 16:06 – 17:51 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:29 – 00:05 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 14:04 – 15:13 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 09:30 – 10:38 |
| Gulika Kāla | 11:47 – 12:55 |
| Varjyam | 07:35 – 07:50 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 09:20 – 09:39 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala
Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Roga | 07:12 – 08:21 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Udveg | 08:21 – 09:30 (inauspicious) |
| Day-3 Chala | 09:30 – 10:38 (neutral) |
| Day-4 Labha | 10:38 – 11:47 (auspicious) |
| Day-5 Amṛta | 11:47 – 12:55 (auspicious) |
| Day-6 Kāla | 12:55 – 14:04 (inauspicious) |
| Day-7 Śubha | 14:04 – 15:13 (auspicious) |
| Day-8 Roga | 15:13 – 16:21 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Kāla | 16:21 – 18:13 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Śubha | 18:13 – 20:04 (auspicious) |
| Night-3 Roga | 20:04 – 21:55 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Udveg | 21:55 – 23:47 (inauspicious) |
| Night-5 Chala | 23:47 – 01:38 (neutral) |
| Night-6 Labha | 01:38 – 03:30 (auspicious) |
| Night-7 Amṛta | 03:30 – 05:21 (auspicious) |
| Night-8 Kāla | 05:21 – 07:12 (inauspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Mṛgaśīrṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
🌌 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 Year | 5088 · Kali-5088 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1858315.27 · 5087.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2446780.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.6708° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 178.23° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 15/30) |
🪷 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 (23.6708°) · declination -23.29° · EoT 3.72 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:1986-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)