पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 5, 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 15.6 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः।यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम।।15.6।।
"15.6 Neither sun, moon, nor fire shines there. Those who go thither never come back. For, O Arjuna, that is my Celestial Home!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.6'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 Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya260.64°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra155.92°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala325.96°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha277.86°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati76.14°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra258.38°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani45.09°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:19 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:33 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:54 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:01 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 14 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 45 Mins 19 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:05 – 06:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:32 – 07:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:28 – 14:05
Godhūli Muhūrta16:21 – 16:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:33 – 16:56
Amṛta Kāla16:18 – 18:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:37 – 10:47
Yamaganda13:05 – 14:15
Gulika Kāla07:19 – 08:28
Varjyam07:42 – 07:57
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:19 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:28 – 09:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:37 – 10:47 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:47 – 11:56 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:56 – 13:05 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:05 – 14:15 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:15 – 15:24 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:24 – 16:33 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:33 – 18:24 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:24 – 20:15 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:15 – 22:05 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:05 – 23:56 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:56 – 01:47 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:47 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:37 – 05:28 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:28 – 07:19 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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)1863814.27 · 5103.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452279.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8811° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)252.90° · 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 (23.8811°) · declination -22.65° · EoT -5.45 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:2002-01-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)