पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.24 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहङ्कारेण वा पुनः।क्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम्।।18.24।।
"18.24 But even though an action involve the most strenuous endeavour, yet if the doer is seeking to gratify his desires, and is filled with personal vanity, it may be assumed to originate in Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3 |
| योग (Yoga) | Śiva |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Kaulava |
| वार (Vāra) | Śukravāra (Friday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 351.21° | Mīna | Revatī P2 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 265.73° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 30.17° | Vṛṣabha | Kṛttikā P2 |
| बुध Budha | 348.57° | Mīna | Revatī P1 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 73.50° | Mithuna | Ārdrā P3 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 10.76° | Meṣa | Aśvinī P4 |
| शनि Śani | 46.82° | Vṛṣabha | Rohiṇī P3 |
☀️ Chicago, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 05:28 UTC-6 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 18:20 UTC-6 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:54 UTC-6 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 01:33 UTC-6 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 10:50 UTC-6 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 12 Hours 51 Mins 54 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 11 Hours 08 Mins 06 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 03:45 – 04:36 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 04:23 – 05:28 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:28 – 12:19 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 14:02 – 14:54 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 18:08 – 18:32 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 18:20 – 18:52 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 18:05 – 19:50 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:28 – 00:19 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 10:17 – 11:54 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 15:07 – 16:43 |
| Gulika Kāla | 07:04 – 08:41 |
| Varjyam | 06:00 – 06:20 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:28 – 08:54 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
⭐ 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
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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Chala | 05:28 – 07:04 (neutral) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Labha | 07:04 – 08:41 (auspicious) |
| Day-3 Amṛta | 08:41 – 10:17 (auspicious) |
| Day-4 Kāla | 10:17 – 11:54 (inauspicious) |
| Day-5 Śubha | 11:54 – 13:30 (auspicious) |
| Day-6 Roga | 13:30 – 15:07 (inauspicious) |
| Day-7 Udveg | 15:07 – 16:43 (inauspicious) |
| Day-8 Chala | 16:43 – 18:20 (neutral) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Roga | 18:20 – 19:43 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Udveg | 19:43 – 21:07 (inauspicious) |
| Night-3 Chala | 21:07 – 22:30 (neutral) |
| Night-4 Labha | 22:30 – 23:54 (auspicious) |
| Night-5 Amṛta | 23:54 – 01:17 (auspicious) |
| Night-6 Kāla | 01:17 – 02:41 (inauspicious) |
| Night-7 Śubha | 02:41 – 04:04 (auspicious) |
| Night-8 Roga | 04:04 – 05:28 (inauspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)
🌌 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 Year | 5103 · Kali-5103 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1863904.27 · 5103.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2452369.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.8845° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 271.64° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30) |
🪷 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 (23.8845°) · declination 5.94° · EoT -3.10 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:2002-04-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)