पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 3, 1998 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 13.7 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतनाधृतिः।एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्।।13.7।।
"13.7 Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, sympathy, vitality and the persistent clinging to life, these are in brief the constituents of changing Matter." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya258.63°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra315.02°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala288.57°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha235.94°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati298.84°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra279.04°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani349.96°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:19 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:32 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:07 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:14 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 12 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 47 Mins 10 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:05 – 06:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:33 – 07:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:27 – 14:04
Godhūli Muhūrta16:20 – 16:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:32 – 16:55
Amṛta Kāla16:17 – 18:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:37 – 10:46
Yamaganda13:04 – 14:13
Gulika Kāla07:19 – 08:28
Varjyam07:42 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:19 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:28 – 09:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:37 – 10:46 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:46 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:55 – 13:04 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:04 – 14:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:13 – 15:22 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:22 – 16:32 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:32 – 18:22 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:22 – 20:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:13 – 22:04 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:04 – 23:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:55 – 01:46 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:46 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:37 – 05:28 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:28 – 07:19 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862351.27 · 5098.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450816.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8251° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)54.92° · 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 (23.8251°) · declination -22.85° · EoT -4.59 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:1998-01-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)