पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 23, 1996 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 18.76 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
राजन्संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य संवादमिममद्भुतम्।केशवार्जुनयोः पुण्यं हृष्यामि च मुहुर्मुहुः।।18.76।।
"18.76 O King! The more I think of that marvellous and holy discourse, the more I lose myself in joy." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Navamī (9/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Jyeṣṭhā Pada 2 |
| योग (Yoga) | Vaidhṛti |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Kaulava |
| वार (Vāra) | Śukravāra (Friday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 126.39° | Siṃha | Maghā P2 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 227.74° | Vṛścika | Jyeṣṭhā P1 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 84.92° | Mithuna | Punarvasu P2 |
| बुध Budha | 153.77° | Kanyā | Uttara Phalgunī P3 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 254.29° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 80.62° | Mithuna | Punarvasu P1 |
| शनि Śani | 342.55° | Mīna | Uttara Bhādrapadā P3 |
☀️ Chicago, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 05:06 UTC-6 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 18:39 UTC-6 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:53 UTC-6 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 14:00 UTC-6 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 23:16 UTC-6 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 13 Hours 32 Mins 38 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 10 Hours 27 Mins 22 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 03:18 – 04:12 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 03:59 – 05:06 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:26 – 12:20 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 14:08 – 15:02 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 18:27 – 18:51 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 18:39 – 19:13 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 18:24 – 20:09 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:26 – 00:20 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 10:11 – 11:53 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 15:16 – 16:58 |
| Gulika Kāla | 06:48 – 08:30 |
| Varjyam | 05:40 – 06:02 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:16 – 08:43 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala
Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Chala | 05:06 – 06:48 (neutral) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Labha | 06:48 – 08:30 (auspicious) |
| Day-3 Amṛta | 08:30 – 10:11 (auspicious) |
| Day-4 Kāla | 10:11 – 11:53 (inauspicious) |
| Day-5 Śubha | 11:53 – 13:34 (auspicious) |
| Day-6 Roga | 13:34 – 15:16 (inauspicious) |
| Day-7 Udveg | 15:16 – 16:58 (inauspicious) |
| Day-8 Chala | 16:58 – 18:39 (neutral) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Roga | 18:39 – 19:58 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Udveg | 19:58 – 21:16 (inauspicious) |
| Night-3 Chala | 21:16 – 22:34 (neutral) |
| Night-4 Labha | 22:34 – 23:53 (auspicious) |
| Night-5 Amṛta | 23:53 – 01:11 (auspicious) |
| Night-6 Kāla | 01:11 – 02:30 (inauspicious) |
| Night-7 Śubha | 02:30 – 03:48 (auspicious) |
| Night-8 Roga | 03:48 – 05:06 (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 Navamī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20 — Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)
-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)
🌌 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 | 5098 · Kali-5098 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1861853.27 · 5097.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2450318.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.8061° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 104.87° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 9/30) |
🪷 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 (23.8061°) · declination 11.40° · EoT -2.27 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:1996-08-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)