पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 24, 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: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.12 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अभिसंधाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत्।इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम्।।17.12।।
"17.12 Sacrifice which is performed for the sake of its results, or for self-glorification - that, O best of Aryans, is the product of Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya311.37°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra85.01°MithunaPunarvasu P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala2.16°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha284.87°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati71.70°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शुक्र Śukra321.10°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani44.29°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:35 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:34 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:30 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:28 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 59 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 00 Mins 29 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:07 – 05:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:40 – 06:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta17:22 – 17:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:34 – 18:02
Amṛta Kāla17:19 – 19:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:12 – 17:34
Yamaganda12:04 – 13:27
Gulika Kāla14:49 – 16:12
Varjyam07:02 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:08 – 09:30

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:35 – 07:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:57 – 09:19 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:19 – 10:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:42 – 12:04 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:04 – 13:27 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:27 – 14:49 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:49 – 16:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:12 – 17:34 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:34 – 19:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:12 – 20:49 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:49 – 22:27 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:27 – 00:04 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:04 – 01:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:42 – 03:19 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:19 – 04:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:57 – 06:35 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvādaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

🌌 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)1863864.27 · 5103.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452329.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8830° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)135.54° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (23.8830°) · declination -9.58° · EoT -13.84 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:2002-02-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)