पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 10, 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.14 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः।

तस्याहं सुलभः पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिनः।।8.14।।
"8.14 To him who thinks constantly of Me, and of nothing else, to such an ever-faithful devotee, O Arjuna, am I ever accessible." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2044 Vikrama
Śaka Saṁvat: 1909 Prabhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1394
Malayalam Era: 1163
Nanakshahi: 518
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya233.75°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra106.43°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala196.91°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha226.51°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati356.81°MīnaRevatī P4
शुक्र Śukra261.35°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani238.87°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:08 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:21 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:44 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:05 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:25 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 12 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 47 Mins 04 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:54 – 06:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:22 – 07:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:03
Vijaya Muhūrta13:16 – 13:53
Godhūli Muhūrta16:09 – 16:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:21 – 16:44
Amṛta Kāla16:06 – 17:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:03

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:53 – 14:02
Yamaganda07:08 – 08:17
Gulika Kāla09:26 – 10:35
Varjyam07:31 – 07:45
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:35

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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 Śubha07:08 – 08:17 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:17 – 09:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:26 – 10:35 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:35 – 11:44 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:44 – 12:53 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:53 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:02 – 15:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:11 – 16:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:21 – 18:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:11 – 20:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:02 – 21:53 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:53 – 23:44 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:44 – 01:35 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:35 – 03:26 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:26 – 05:17 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:17 – 07:08 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5089 · Kali-5089
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1858674.27 · 5088.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2447139.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6845° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)235.77° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (23.6845°) · declination -22.84° · EoT 6.43 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:1987-12-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)