पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 25, 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: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.45 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
स्वे स्वे कर्मण्यभिरतः संसिद्धिं लभते नरः।स्वकर्मनिरतः सिद्धिं यथा विन्दति तच्छृणु।।18.45।।
"18.45 Perfection is attained when each attends diligently to his duty. Listen and I will tell you how it is attained by him who always minds his own duty." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.45's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2057 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1922 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1407
Malayalam Era: 1176
Nanakshahi: 531
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya40.29°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra294.02°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala50.86°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
बुध Budha57.66°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati27.99°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शुक्र Śukra35.60°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
शनि Śani28.37°MeṣaKṛttikā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:22 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:13 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:36 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:48 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 51 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 08 Mins 57 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:23 – 03:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:08 – 04:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta19:01 – 19:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:13 – 19:50
Amṛta Kāla18:58 – 20:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:39 – 15:30
Yamaganda04:22 – 06:13
Gulika Kāla08:05 – 09:56
Varjyam04:59 – 05:23
Dur Muhūrta 07:50 – 08:19

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:22 – 06:13 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:13 – 08:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:05 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:56 – 11:47 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:47 – 13:39 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:39 – 15:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:30 – 17:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:21 – 19:13 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:13 – 20:21 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:21 – 21:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:30 – 22:39 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:39 – 23:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:47 – 00:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:56 – 02:05 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:05 – 03:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:13 – 04:22 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5102 · Kali-5102
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863224.27 · 5101.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451689.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8585° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)257.32° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 22/30)
🪷 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 (23.8585°) · declination 20.97° · EoT 3.22 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:2000-05-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)