पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 24, 1994 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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🪷 आज: प्रदोष व्रत — Pradoṣa Vrata
Twilight worship of Śiva on Trayodaśī.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.20 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
ये तु धर्म्यामृतमिदं यथोक्तं पर्युपासते।श्रद्दधाना मत्परमा भक्तास्तेऽतीव मे प्रियाः।।12.20।।
"12.20 Verily those who love the spiritual wisdom as I have taught, whose faith never fails, and who concentrate their whole nature on Me, they indeed are My most beloved."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2051 Sarvajit
Śaka Saṁvat: 1916 Bhāva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1401
Malayalam Era: 1170
Nanakshahi: 525
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya311.42°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra104.52°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala297.33°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha303.77°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati200.88°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra320.67°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani309.32°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:35 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:34 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:05 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:29 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 59 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 00 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:07 – 05:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:40 – 06:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta17:22 – 17:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:34 – 18:02
Amṛta Kāla17:19 – 19:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:27 – 14:49
Yamaganda06:35 – 07:57
Gulika Kāla09:20 – 10:42
Varjyam07:02 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:09 – 09:31

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:35 – 07:57 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:57 – 09:20 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:20 – 10:42 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:42 – 12:04 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:04 – 13:27 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:27 – 14:49 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:49 – 16:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:12 – 17:34 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:34 – 19:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:12 – 20:49 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:49 – 22:27 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:27 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:04 – 01:42 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:42 – 03:20 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:20 – 04:57 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:57 – 06:35 (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 Year5095 · Kali-5095
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1860942.27 · 5095.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449407.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7713° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)152.87° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.7713°) · declination -9.61° · EoT -13.84 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:1994-02-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)