पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 27, 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 2.17 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।

विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित् कर्तुमर्हति।।2.17।।
"2.17 The Spirit, which pervades all that we see, is imperishable. Nothing can destroy the Spirit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2051 Sarvajit
Śaka Saṁvat: 1916 Bhāva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1401
Malayalam Era: 1170
Nanakshahi: 525
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya220.77°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
चन्द्र Candra139.98°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala121.70°SiṃhaMaghā P1
बुध Budha211.24°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati213.64°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शुक्र Śukra188.98°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani312.15°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:55 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:23 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:39 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:50 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:42 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 28 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 31 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:39 – 06:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:07 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 11:58
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta16:11 – 16:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:23 – 16:47
Amṛta Kāla16:08 – 17:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 23:58

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:12 – 16:23
Yamaganda11:39 – 12:50
Gulika Kāla14:01 – 15:12
Varjyam07:18 – 07:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:26

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:55 – 08:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:06 – 09:17 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:17 – 10:28 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:28 – 11:39 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:39 – 12:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:50 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:01 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:12 – 16:23 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:23 – 18:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:12 – 20:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:01 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:50 – 23:39 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:39 – 01:28 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:28 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:17 – 05:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:06 – 06:55 (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)1861218.27 · 5095.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449683.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7818° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)282.82° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (23.7818°) · declination -21.05° · EoT 11.57 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:1994-11-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)