पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 4, 2002 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 15.5 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः।द्वन्द्वैर्विमुक्ताः सुखदुःखसंज्ञै र्गच्छन्त्यमूढाः पदमव्ययं तत्।।15.5।।
"15.5 The wise attain Eternity when, freed from pride and delusion, they have conquered their love for the things of sense; when, renouncing desire and fixing their gaze on the Self, they have ceased to be tossed to and fro by the opposing sensations, like pleasure and pain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya259.62°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra141.56°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala325.23°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha276.39°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati76.27°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra257.12°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani45.15°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:19 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:32 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:39 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:27 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 13 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 46 Mins 16 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:05 – 06:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:33 – 07:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:28 – 14:05
Godhūli Muhūrta16:20 – 16:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:32 – 16:55
Amṛta Kāla16:17 – 18:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:46 – 11:56
Yamaganda14:14 – 15:23
Gulika Kāla08:28 – 09:37
Varjyam07:42 – 07:57
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Chala07:19 – 08:28 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:28 – 09:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:37 – 10:46 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:46 – 11:56 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:56 – 13:05 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:05 – 14:14 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:14 – 15:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:23 – 16:32 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:32 – 18:23 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:23 – 20:14 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:14 – 22:05 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:05 – 23:56 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:56 – 01:46 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:46 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:37 – 05:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:28 – 07:19 (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)1863813.27 · 5102.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452278.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8811° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)239.46° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (23.8811°) · declination -22.75° · EoT -5.02 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:2002-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)