पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 31, 1997 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
- पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.40 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते।
एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्।।3.40।।
एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्।।3.40।।
"3.40 It works through the senses, the mind and the reason; and with their help destroys wisdom and confounds the soul." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Svātī Pada 2 |
| योग (Yoga) | Śūla |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Bālava |
| वार (Vāra) | Śukravāra (Friday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 287.39° | Makara | Śravaṇa P3 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 188.35° | Tulā | Svātī P1 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 161.84° | Kanyā | Hasta P1 |
| बुध Budha | 263.74° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 278.45° | Makara | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 272.32° | Makara | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2 |
| शनि Śani | 339.69° | Mīna | Uttara Bhādrapadā P2 |
☀️ Chicago, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 07:05 UTC-6 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 17:04 UTC-6 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 12:04 UTC-6 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 00:09 UTC-6 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 10:46 UTC-6 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 9 Hours 59 Mins 06 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 14 Hours 00 Mins 54 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 05:45 – 06:25 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 06:15 – 07:05 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:44 – 12:24 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:44 – 14:24 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 16:52 – 17:16 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 17:04 – 17:29 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 16:49 – 18:34 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:44 – 00:24 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 10:49 – 12:04 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 14:34 – 15:49 |
| Gulika Kāla | 08:19 – 09:34 |
| Varjyam | 07:29 – 07:45 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 09:24 – 09:44 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala
Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Chala | 07:05 – 08:19 (neutral) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Labha | 08:19 – 09:34 (auspicious) |
| Day-3 Amṛta | 09:34 – 10:49 (auspicious) |
| Day-4 Kāla | 10:49 – 12:04 (inauspicious) |
| Day-5 Śubha | 12:04 – 13:19 (auspicious) |
| Day-6 Roga | 13:19 – 14:34 (inauspicious) |
| Day-7 Udveg | 14:34 – 15:49 (inauspicious) |
| Day-8 Chala | 15:49 – 17:04 (neutral) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Roga | 17:04 – 18:49 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Udveg | 18:49 – 20:34 (inauspicious) |
| Night-3 Chala | 20:34 – 22:19 (neutral) |
| Night-4 Labha | 22:19 – 00:04 (auspicious) |
| Night-5 Amṛta | 00:04 – 01:49 (auspicious) |
| Night-6 Kāla | 01:49 – 03:34 (inauspicious) |
| Night-7 Śubha | 03:34 – 05:19 (auspicious) |
| Night-8 Roga | 05:19 – 07:05 (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 Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Svātī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)
🌌 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) | 1862014.27 · 5098.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2450479.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.8123° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 264.89° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30) |
🪷 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 (23.8123°) · declination -17.41° · EoT -13.53 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:1997-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)