पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 24, 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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Also observed today
- अन्नपूर्णा जयन्ती · Annapūrṇā JayantīShakta
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.2 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
व्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे।
तदेकं वद निश्िचत्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम्।।3.2।।
तदेकं वद निश्िचत्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम्।।3.2।।
"3.2 Thy language perplexes me and confuses my reason. Therefore please tell me the only way by which I may, without doubt, secure my spiritual welfare." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 3 |
| योग (Yoga) | Śukla |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Viṣṭi |
| वार (Vāra) | Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 248.70° | Dhanu | Mūla P3 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 59.27° | Vṛṣabha | Mr̥gaśirā P2 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 152.56° | Kanyā | Uttara Phalgunī P2 |
| बुध Budha | 265.56° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 269.60° | Dhanu | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P1 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 224.73° | Vṛścika | Anurādhā P4 |
| शनि Śani | 337.16° | Mīna | Uttara 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) | 15:38 UTC-6 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 06:47 UTC-6 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 9 Hours 07 Mins 47 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 14 Hours 52 Mins 13 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 06:04 – 06:40 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 06:31 – 07:17 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:32 – 12:09 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:22 – 13:58 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 16:12 – 16:36 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 16:24 – 16:47 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 16:09 – 17:54 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:32 – 00:09 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 14:07 – 15:16 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 09:34 – 10:42 |
| Gulika Kāla | 11:51 – 12:59 |
| Varjyam | 07:39 – 07:54 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 09:24 – 09:43 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Roga | 07:17 – 08:25 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Udveg | 08:25 – 09:34 (inauspicious) |
| Day-3 Chala | 09:34 – 10:42 (neutral) |
| Day-4 Labha | 10:42 – 11:51 (auspicious) |
| Day-5 Amṛta | 11:51 – 12:59 (auspicious) |
| Day-6 Kāla | 12:59 – 14:07 (inauspicious) |
| Day-7 Śubha | 14:07 – 15:16 (auspicious) |
| Day-8 Roga | 15:16 – 16:24 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Kāla | 16:24 – 18:16 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Śubha | 18:16 – 20:07 (auspicious) |
| Night-3 Roga | 20:07 – 21:59 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Udveg | 21:59 – 23:51 (inauspicious) |
| Night-5 Chala | 23:51 – 01:42 (neutral) |
| Night-6 Labha | 01:42 – 03:34 (auspicious) |
| Night-7 Amṛta | 03:34 – 05:25 (auspicious) |
| Night-8 Kāla | 05:25 – 07:17 (inauspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Mṛgaśīrṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
🌌 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) | 1861976.27 · 5097.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2450441.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.8108° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 171.78° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 15/30) |
🪷 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 (23.8108°) · declination -23.41° · EoT -0.03 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:1996-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)