पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 19, 2000 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 17.6 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः।मां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान्विद्ध्यासुरनिश्चयान्।।17.6।।
"17.6 They are ignorant. They torment the organs of the body; and they harass Me also, Who lives within. Know that they are devoted to evil." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2057 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1922 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1407
Malayalam Era: 1176
Nanakshahi: 531
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya334.89°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra140.27°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala3.19°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha309.82°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati12.46°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra313.04°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani20.18°MeṣaBharaṇī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:56 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:02 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:35 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:26 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 05 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 54 Mins 37 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:20 – 05:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:56 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:02 – 18:32
Amṛta Kāla17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:31 – 18:02
Yamaganda11:59 – 13:30
Gulika Kāla15:00 – 16:31
Varjyam06:27 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:10

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:56 – 07:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:27 – 08:58 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:58 – 10:28 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:28 – 11:59 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:59 – 13:30 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:30 – 15:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:00 – 16:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:31 – 18:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:02 – 19:31 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:31 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:00 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:30 – 23:59 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:59 – 01:28 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:28 – 02:58 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:58 – 04:27 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:27 – 05:56 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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 Year5101 · Kali-5101
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863157.27 · 5101.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451622.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8560° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)167.17° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (23.8560°) · declination -0.50° · EoT -8.46 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:2000-03-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)