पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 26, 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 11.44 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
तस्मात्प्रणम्य प्रणिधाय कायं

प्रसादये त्वामहमीशमीड्यम्।

पितेव पुत्रस्य सखेव सख्युः

प्रियः प्रियायार्हसि देव सोढुम्।।11.44।।
"11.44 Therefore I prostrate myself before Thee, O Lord! Most Adorable! I salute Thee, I ask Thy blessing. Only Thou canst be trusted to bear with me, as father to son, as friend to friend, as lover to his beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.44'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 Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya249.98°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra305.18°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala265.77°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha267.61°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati244.47°DhanuMūla P2
शुक्र Śukra281.53°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani325.22°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:17 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:26 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:12 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:52 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 08 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 51 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:04 – 06:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:32 – 07:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta13:23 – 13:59
Godhūli Muhūrta16:14 – 16:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:26 – 16:48
Amṛta Kāla16:11 – 17:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:10

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:08 – 15:17
Yamaganda09:34 – 10:43
Gulika Kāla11:51 – 13:00
Varjyam07:40 – 07:55
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:44

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:17 – 08:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:26 – 09:34 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:34 – 10:43 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:43 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:51 – 13:00 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:00 – 14:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:08 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:17 – 16:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:26 – 18:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:17 – 20:08 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:08 – 22:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:00 – 23:51 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:51 – 01:43 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:43 – 03:34 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:34 – 05:26 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:26 – 07:17 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1861612.27 · 5096.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450077.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7969° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)52.07° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (23.7969°) · declination -23.38° · EoT -0.96 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:1995-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)