पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 31, 1991 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 2.23 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः।

न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः।।2.23।।
"2.23 Weapons cleave It not, fire burns It not, water drenches It not, and wind dries It not." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2048 Tāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1913 Prajāpati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1398
Malayalam Era: 1167
Nanakshahi: 522
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya286.92°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra117.50°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala39.07°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
बुध Budha267.67°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati104.47°KarkaPuṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra308.69°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani275.31°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:05 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:03 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:50 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:43 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 57 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 02 Mins 08 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:45 – 06:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:15 – 07:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:24
Godhūli Muhūrta16:51 – 17:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:03 – 17:28
Amṛta Kāla16:48 – 18:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:19 – 14:34
Yamaganda07:05 – 08:20
Gulika Kāla09:35 – 10:49
Varjyam07:30 – 07:46
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:45

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
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):
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 Śubha07:05 – 08:20 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:20 – 09:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:35 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:49 – 12:04 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:04 – 13:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:19 – 14:34 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:34 – 15:48 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:48 – 17:03 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:03 – 18:48 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:48 – 20:34 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:34 – 22:19 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:19 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:04 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:49 – 03:35 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:35 – 05:20 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:20 – 07:05 (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 Year5092 · Kali-5092
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1859822.27 · 5092.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2448287.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7284° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)191.53° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.7284°) · declination -17.56° · EoT -13.53 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:1991-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)