पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 13, 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 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।
रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 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 Aṣṭamī (23/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4 |
| योग (Yoga) | Prīti |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Bālava |
| वार (Vāra) | Ravivāra (Sunday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 236.80° | Vṛścika | Jyeṣṭhā P4 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 141.93° | Siṃha | Pūrva Phalgunī P3 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 198.89° | Tulā | Svātī P4 |
| बुध Budha | 231.21° | Vṛścika | Jyeṣṭhā P2 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 356.77° | Mīna | Revatī P4 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 265.07° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4 |
| शनि Śani | 239.22° | Vṛścika | Jyeṣṭhā P4 |
☀️ Chicago, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 07:10 UTC-6 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 16:21 UTC-6 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:45 UTC-6 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 23:02 UTC-6 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 11:50 UTC-6 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 9 Hours 10 Mins 40 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 14 Hours 49 Mins 20 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 05:57 – 06:33 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 06:24 – 07:10 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:27 – 12:04 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:17 – 13:54 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 16:09 – 16:33 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 16:21 – 16:44 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 16:06 – 17:51 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:27 – 00:04 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 15:12 – 16:21 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 11:45 – 12:54 |
| Gulika Kāla | 14:03 – 15:12 |
| Varjyam | 07:33 – 07:48 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 09:19 – 09:37 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Udveg | 07:10 – 08:19 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Chala | 08:19 – 09:28 (neutral) |
| Day-3 Labha | 09:28 – 10:37 (auspicious) |
| Day-4 Amṛta | 10:37 – 11:45 (auspicious) |
| Day-5 Kāla | 11:45 – 12:54 (inauspicious) |
| Day-6 Śubha | 12:54 – 14:03 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Roga | 14:03 – 15:12 (inauspicious) |
| Day-8 Udveg | 15:12 – 16:21 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Śubha | 16:21 – 18:12 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Roga | 18:12 – 20:03 (inauspicious) |
| Night-3 Udveg | 20:03 – 21:54 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Chala | 21:54 – 23:45 (neutral) |
| Night-5 Labha | 23:45 – 01:37 (auspicious) |
| Night-6 Amṛta | 01:37 – 03:28 (auspicious) |
| Night-7 Kāla | 03:28 – 05:19 (inauspicious) |
| Night-8 Śubha | 05:19 – 07:10 (auspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)
🌌 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 | 5089 · Kali-5089 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1858677.27 · 5088.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2447142.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.6846° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 267.96° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30) |
🪷 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 (23.6846°) · declination -23.09° · EoT 5.09 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:1987-12-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)