पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 1, 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 6.19 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता।

योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः।।6.19।।
"6.19 The wise man who has conquered his mind and is absorbed in the Self is as a lamp which does not flicker, since it stands sheltered from every wind." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2048 Tāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1913 Prajāpati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1398
Malayalam Era: 1167
Nanakshahi: 522
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya104.58°KarkaPuṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra344.63°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala136.61°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha130.41°SiṃhaMaghā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati116.94°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra133.69°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani279.25°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:43 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:10 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:42 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:12 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 26 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 33 Mins 06 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:47 – 03:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:31 – 04:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta18:58 – 19:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:10 – 19:46
Amṛta Kāla18:55 – 20:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:45 – 15:33
Yamaganda04:43 – 06:31
Gulika Kāla08:20 – 10:08
Varjyam05:19 – 05:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:05 – 08:34

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
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):
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:43 – 06:31 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:31 – 08:20 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:20 – 10:08 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:08 – 11:57 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:57 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:45 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:33 – 17:22 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:22 – 19:10 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:10 – 20:22 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:22 – 21:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:33 – 22:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:45 – 23:57 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:57 – 01:08 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:08 – 02:20 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:20 – 03:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:31 – 04:43 (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 Year5093 · Kali-5093
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1860004.27 · 5092.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2448469.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7354° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)243.26° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (23.7354°) · declination 18.18° · EoT -6.02 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:1991-08-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)