पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 4, 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: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.16 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
अनेकचित्तविभ्रान्ता मोहजालसमावृताः।प्रसक्ताः कामभोगेषु पतन्ति नरकेऽशुचौ।।16.16।।
"16.16 Perplexed by discordant thoughts, entangled in the snares of desire, infatuated by passion, they sink into the horrors of hell." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya350.25°MīnaRevatī P2
चन्द्र Candra82.55°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala359.46°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha355.07°MīnaRevatī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati320.03°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra303.91°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani358.31°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:29 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:18 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:33 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:34 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 49 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 10 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:47 – 04:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:25 – 05:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta18:06 – 18:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:18 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:03 – 19:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:42 – 10:18
Yamaganda13:30 – 15:06
Gulika Kāla05:29 – 07:06
Varjyam06:01 – 06:22
Dur Muhūrta 08:29 – 08:54

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (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
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:29 – 07:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:06 – 08:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:42 – 10:18 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:18 – 11:54 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:54 – 13:30 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:30 – 15:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:06 – 16:42 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:42 – 18:18 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:18 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:42 – 21:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:06 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:30 – 23:54 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:54 – 01:18 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:18 – 02:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:42 – 04:06 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:06 – 05:29 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Ārdrā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla 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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862442.27 · 5099.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450907.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8286° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)89.02° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (23.8286°) · declination 5.55° · EoT -3.40 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:1998-04-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)