पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 24, 1995 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.42 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
यच्चावहासार्थमसत्कृतोऽसि

विहारशय्यासनभोजनेषु।

एकोऽथवाप्यच्युत तत्समक्षं

तत्क्षामये त्वामहमप्रमेयम्।।11.42।।
"11.42 Whatever insult I have offered to Thee in jest, in sport or in repose, in conversation or at the banquet, alone or in a multitude, I ask Thy forgiveness for them all, O Thou Who art without an equal!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2052 Sarvadhāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1917 Yuva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1402
Malayalam Era: 1171
Nanakshahi: 526
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.94°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra275.70°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala264.22°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha264.68°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati244.02°DhanuMūla P2
शुक्र Śukra279.07°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani325.10°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:17 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:24 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:55 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:28 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 07 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 52 Mins 20 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:04 – 06:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:31 – 07:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:32 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:22 – 13:58
Godhūli Muhūrta16:12 – 16:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:24 – 16:47
Amṛta Kāla16:09 – 17:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:32 – 00:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:16 – 16:24
Yamaganda11:51 – 12:59
Gulika Kāla14:07 – 15:16
Varjyam07:40 – 07:54
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:43

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:17 – 08:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:25 – 09:34 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:34 – 10:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:42 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:51 – 12:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:59 – 14:07 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:07 – 15:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:16 – 16:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:24 – 18:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:16 – 20:07 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:07 – 21:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:59 – 23:51 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:51 – 01:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:42 – 03:34 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:34 – 05:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:25 – 07:17 (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 Year5097 · Kali-5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861610.27 · 5096.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450075.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7968° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)25.62° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (23.7968°) · declination -23.43° · EoT -0.03 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:1995-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)