पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.16 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः।पश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मतिः।।18.16।।
"18.16 But the fool who supposes, because of his immature judgment, that it is his own Self alone that acts, he perverts the truth and does not see rightly." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2051 Sarvajit
Śaka Saṁvat: 1916 Bhāva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1401
Malayalam Era: 1170
Nanakshahi: 525
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya97.16°KarkaPuṣya P2
चन्द्र Candra292.37°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala50.38°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
बुध Budha78.27°MithunaĀrdrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati191.79°TulāSvātī P2
शुक्र Śukra140.57°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani317.81°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:36 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:18 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:54 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:01 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 42 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 17 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:38 – 03:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:22 – 04:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta19:06 – 19:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:18 – 19:54
Amṛta Kāla19:03 – 20:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:27 – 19:18
Yamaganda11:57 – 13:47
Gulika Kāla15:37 – 17:27
Varjyam05:12 – 05:36
Dur Muhūrta 08:01 – 08:31

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:36 – 06:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:26 – 08:16 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:16 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:06 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:57 – 13:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:47 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:37 – 17:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:27 – 19:18 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:18 – 20:27 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:27 – 21:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:37 – 22:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:47 – 23:57 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:57 – 01:06 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:06 – 02:16 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:16 – 03:26 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:26 – 04:36 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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)1861092.27 · 5095.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449557.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7770° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)197.00° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (23.7770°) · declination 19.95° · EoT -6.16 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:1994-07-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)