पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 25, 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.1 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच

धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः।

मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय।।1.1।।
"1.1 The King Dhritarashtra asked: "O Sanjaya! What happened on the sacred battlefield of Kurukshetra, when my people gathered against the Pandavas?"" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2051 Sarvajit
Śaka Saṁvat: 1916 Bhāva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1401
Malayalam Era: 1170
Nanakshahi: 525
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya157.97°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra35.37°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala90.78°KarkaPunarvasu P4
बुध Budha184.08°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati200.28°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra198.80°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani313.49°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:39 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:43 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:11 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:51 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 02 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:03 – 04:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:39 – 05:39
Abhijit Muhūrta11:17 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:42 – 14:30
Godhūli Muhūrta17:31 – 17:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:43 – 18:14
Amṛta Kāla17:28 – 19:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 00:06

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:13 – 17:43
Yamaganda11:41 – 13:12
Gulika Kāla14:42 – 16:13
Varjyam06:10 – 06:29
Dur Muhūrta 08:28 – 08:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:39 – 07:10 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:10 – 08:40 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:40 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:11 – 11:41 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:41 – 13:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:12 – 14:42 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:42 – 16:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:13 – 17:43 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:43 – 19:13 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:13 – 20:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:42 – 22:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:12 – 23:41 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:41 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:11 – 02:40 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:40 – 04:10 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:10 – 05:39 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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)1861155.27 · 5095.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449620.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7794° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)241.09° · 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 (23.7794°) · declination -0.70° · EoT 9.15 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:1994-09-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)