पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 16, 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 2.36 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून् वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः।
निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम्।।2.36।।
निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम्।।2.36।।
"2.36 Thine enemies will spread scandal and mock at thy courage. Can anything be more humiliating?" — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2051 Sarvajit
Śaka Saṁvat: 1916 Bhāva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1401
Malayalam Era: 1170
Nanakshahi: 525
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Kṛttikā Pada 3 |
| योग (Yoga) | Siddha |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Gara |
| वार (Vāra) | Śukravāra (Friday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 240.06° | Dhanu | Mūla P1 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 37.70° | Vṛṣabha | Kṛttikā P4 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 127.03° | Siṃha | Maghā P3 |
| बुध Budha | 241.19° | Dhanu | Mūla P1 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 217.79° | Vṛścika | Anurādhā P2 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 197.19° | Tulā | Svātī P4 |
| शनि Śani | 313.04° | Kumbha | Śatabhiṣā P2 |
☀️ Chicago, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 07:12 UTC-6 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 16:21 UTC-6 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:47 UTC-6 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 14:56 UTC-6 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 05:39 UTC-6 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 9 Hours 08 Mins 52 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 14 Hours 51 Mins 08 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 05:59 – 06:36 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 06:27 – 07:12 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:29 – 12:05 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:18 – 13:55 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 16:09 – 16:33 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 16:21 – 16:44 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 16:06 – 17:51 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:29 – 00:05 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 10:38 – 11:47 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 14:04 – 15:13 |
| Gulika Kāla | 08:21 – 09:30 |
| Varjyam | 07:35 – 07:50 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 09:20 – 09:39 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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
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
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Chala | 07:12 – 08:21 (neutral) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Labha | 08:21 – 09:30 (auspicious) |
| Day-3 Amṛta | 09:30 – 10:38 (auspicious) |
| Day-4 Kāla | 10:38 – 11:47 (inauspicious) |
| Day-5 Śubha | 11:47 – 12:55 (auspicious) |
| Day-6 Roga | 12:55 – 14:04 (inauspicious) |
| Day-7 Udveg | 14:04 – 15:13 (inauspicious) |
| Day-8 Chala | 15:13 – 16:21 (neutral) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Roga | 16:21 – 18:13 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Udveg | 18:13 – 20:04 (inauspicious) |
| Night-3 Chala | 20:04 – 21:55 (neutral) |
| Night-4 Labha | 21:55 – 23:47 (auspicious) |
| Night-5 Amṛta | 23:47 – 01:38 (auspicious) |
| Night-6 Kāla | 01:38 – 03:30 (inauspicious) |
| Night-7 Śubha | 03:30 – 05:21 (auspicious) |
| Night-8 Roga | 05:21 – 07:12 (inauspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Caturdaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma'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 Year | 5096 · Kali-5096 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1861237.27 · 5095.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2449702.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.7825° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 156.82° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30) |
🪷 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 (23.7825°) · declination -23.29° · EoT 3.72 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:1994-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)