पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 13, 1988 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 15.20 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
इति गुह्यतमं शास्त्रमिदमुक्तं मयाऽनघ।एतद्बुद्ध्वा बुद्धिमान्स्यात्कृतकृत्यश्च भारत।।15.20।।
"15.20 Thus, O Sinless One, I have revealed to thee this most mystic knowledge. He who understands gains wisdom and attains the consummation of life."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2045 Vṛṣa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1910 Vibhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1395
Malayalam Era: 1164
Nanakshahi: 519
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya116.82°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra122.44°SiṃhaMaghā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala346.60°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha127.03°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati40.15°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra71.50°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शनि Śani242.20°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:56 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:54 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:27 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:08 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 57 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 02 Mins 01 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:04 – 04:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:46 – 04:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:42 – 19:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:54 – 19:29
Amṛta Kāla18:39 – 20:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:26 – 10:10
Yamaganda13:40 – 15:25
Gulika Kāla04:56 – 06:41
Varjyam05:31 – 05:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:12 – 08:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:56 – 06:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:41 – 08:26 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:26 – 10:10 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:10 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:55 – 13:40 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:40 – 15:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:25 – 17:09 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:09 – 18:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:54 – 20:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:09 – 21:25 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:25 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:40 – 23:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:55 – 01:10 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:10 – 02:26 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:26 – 03:41 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:41 – 04:56 (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 Year5090 · Kali-5090
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1858921.27 · 5089.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2447386.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6940° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)7.31° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.6940°) · declination 14.65° · EoT -4.56 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:1988-08-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)