पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 27, 1987 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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🪷 आज: प्रदोष व्रत — Pradoṣa Vrata
Twilight worship of Śiva on Trayodaśī.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.7 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अस्माकं तु विशिष्टा ये तान्निबोध द्विजोत्तम।

नायका मम सैन्यस्य संज्ञार्थं तान्ब्रवीमि ते।।1.7।।
"1.7 Further, take note of all those captains who have ranged themselves on our side, O best of Spiritual Guides! The leaders of my army. I will name them for you." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2044 Vikrama
Śaka Saṁvat: 1909 Prabhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1394
Malayalam Era: 1163
Nanakshahi: 518
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya282.88°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra247.07°DhanuMūla P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala349.43°MīnaRevatī P1
बुध Budha292.82°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati329.35°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra236.50°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani234.02°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:58 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:08 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:12 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 49 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 10 Mins 53 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:50 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:20 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:41 – 14:21
Godhūli Muhūrta16:46 – 17:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:58 – 17:22
Amṛta Kāla16:43 – 18:28
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:31 – 15:44
Yamaganda09:36 – 10:50
Gulika Kāla12:03 – 13:17
Varjyam07:33 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:09 – 08:22 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:22 – 09:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:36 – 10:50 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:50 – 12:03 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:03 – 13:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:17 – 14:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:31 – 15:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:44 – 16:58 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:58 – 18:44 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:44 – 20:31 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:31 – 22:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:17 – 00:03 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:03 – 01:50 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:50 – 03:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:36 – 05:22 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:22 – 07:09 (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 Year5088 · Kali-5088
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1858357.27 · 5088.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2446822.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6724° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)326.50° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (23.6724°) · declination -18.63° · EoT -12.76 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:1987-01-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)