पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 21, 2001 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 14.18 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः।जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः।।14.18।।
"14.18 When Purity is in the ascendant, the man evolves; when Passion, he neither evolves nor degenerates; when Ignorance, he is lost." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2058 Jaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1923 Vṛṣa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1408
Malayalam Era: 1177
Nanakshahi: 532
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya245.35°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra315.44°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala314.98°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha254.41°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati78.15°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra239.50°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani46.10°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:15 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:23 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:56 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:03 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 07 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 52 Mins 25 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:02 – 06:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:30 – 07:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:20 – 13:57
Godhūli Muhūrta16:11 – 16:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:23 – 16:46
Amṛta Kāla16:08 – 17:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:07

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:41 – 11:49
Yamaganda14:06 – 15:14
Gulika Kāla08:24 – 09:32
Varjyam07:38 – 07:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 Chala07:15 – 08:24 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:24 – 09:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:32 – 10:41 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:41 – 11:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:49 – 12:58 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:58 – 14:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:06 – 15:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:14 – 16:23 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:23 – 18:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:14 – 20:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:06 – 21:58 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:58 – 23:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:49 – 01:41 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:41 – 03:32 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:32 – 05:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:24 – 07:15 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5103 · Kali-5103
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863799.27 · 5102.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452264.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8805° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)72.36° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 7/30)
🪷 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 (23.8805°) · declination -23.43° · EoT 1.38 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:2001-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)