पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 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: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.37 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
हतो वा प्राप्स्यसि स्वर्गं जित्वा वा भोक्ष्यसे महीम्।

तस्मादुत्तिष्ठ कौन्तेय युद्धाय कृतनिश्चयः।।2.37।।
"2.37 If killed, thou shalt attain Heaven; if victorious, enjoy the kingdom of earth. Therefore arise, O Son of Kunti, and fight!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2057 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1922 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1407
Malayalam Era: 1176
Nanakshahi: 531
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya152.55°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra36.52°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala127.37°SiṃhaMaghā P3
बुध Budha173.24°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati47.15°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra179.31°KanyāCitrā P2
शनि Śani37.01°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:34 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:53 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:44 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:39 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:20 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 19 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 40 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:55 – 04:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:32 – 05:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:08
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:36
Godhūli Muhūrta17:41 – 18:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:53 – 18:24
Amṛta Kāla17:38 – 19:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:08

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:48 – 16:21
Yamaganda08:39 – 10:11
Gulika Kāla11:44 – 13:16
Varjyam06:05 – 06:24
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:51

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:34 – 07:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:06 – 08:39 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:39 – 10:11 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:11 – 11:44 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:44 – 13:16 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:16 – 14:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:48 – 16:21 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:21 – 17:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:53 – 19:21 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:21 – 20:48 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:48 – 22:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:16 – 23:44 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:44 – 01:11 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:11 – 02:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:39 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:06 – 05:34 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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)1863341.27 · 5101.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451806.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8630° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)244.93° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (23.8630°) · declination 1.43° · EoT 6.98 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:2000-09-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)