पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 7, 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: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.27 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
यज्ञे तपसि दाने च स्थितिः सदिति चोच्यते।कर्म चैव तदर्थीयं सदित्येवाभिधीयते।।17.27।।
"17.27 Conviction in sacrifice, in austerity and in giving is also called Sat.' So too an action done only for the Lord's sake." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2051 Sarvajit
Śaka Saṁvat: 1916 Bhāva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1401
Malayalam Era: 1170
Nanakshahi: 525
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya80.94°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra59.35°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala38.53°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
बुध Budha65.51°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati191.10°TulāSvātī P2
शुक्र Śukra121.49°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani318.41°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:22 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:28 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:54 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:03 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 06 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 53 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:21 – 03:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:07 – 04:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta19:16 – 19:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:28 – 20:06
Amṛta Kāla19:13 – 20:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:48 – 15:42
Yamaganda04:22 – 06:15
Gulika Kāla08:09 – 10:02
Varjyam05:00 – 05:24
Dur Muhūrta 07:53 – 08:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:22 – 06:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:15 – 08:09 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:09 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:02 – 11:55 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:55 – 13:48 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:48 – 15:42 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:42 – 17:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:35 – 19:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:28 – 20:35 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:35 – 21:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:42 – 22:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:48 – 23:55 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:55 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:02 – 02:09 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:09 – 03:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:15 – 04:22 (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 Year5096 · Kali-5096
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861075.27 · 5095.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449540.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7763° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)337.70° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.7763°) · declination 22.62° · EoT -4.52 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:1994-07-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)