पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 30, 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: प्रदोष व्रत — Pradoṣa Vrata
Twilight worship of Śiva on Trayodaśī.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.50 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते।

तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योगः कर्मसु कौशलम्।।2.50।।
"2.50 When a man attains to Pure Reason, he renounces in this world the results of good and evil alike. Cling thou to Right Action. Spirituality is the real art of living." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.50's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya254.31°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra220.71°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala128.81°SiṃhaMaghā P3
बुध Budha263.60°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati220.71°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शुक्र Śukra208.29°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani314.04°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:28 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:56 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:22 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 09 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 50 Mins 11 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:05 – 06:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:33 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta13:25 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta16:16 – 16:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:28 – 16:51
Amṛta Kāla16:13 – 17:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:12

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:45 – 11:53
Yamaganda14:11 – 15:20
Gulika Kāla08:27 – 09:36
Varjyam07:41 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:45

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:18 – 08:27 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:27 – 09:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:36 – 10:45 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:45 – 11:53 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:53 – 13:02 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:02 – 14:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:11 – 15:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:20 – 16:28 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:28 – 18:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:20 – 20:11 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:11 – 22:02 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:02 – 23:53 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:53 – 01:45 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:45 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:36 – 05:27 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:27 – 07:18 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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)1861251.27 · 5095.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449716.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7831° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)328.72° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (23.7831°) · declination -23.19° · EoT -2.80 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:1994-12-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)