पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · June 28, 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: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.30 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते।

न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः।।1.30।।
"1.30 The bow Gandeeva slips from my hand, and my skin burns. I cannot keep quiet, for my mind is in tumult." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya72.31°MithunaĀrdrā P2
चन्द्र Candra290.16°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala86.05°MithunaPunarvasu P2
बुध Budha50.78°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati88.31°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शुक्र Śukra111.42°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शनि Śani56.90°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:17 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:30 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:23 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:26 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 12 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 47 Mins 46 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:16 – 03:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:01 – 04:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:23 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta19:18 – 19:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:30 – 20:08
Amṛta Kāla19:15 – 21:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:23 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:59 – 11:53
Yamaganda15:41 – 17:35
Gulika Kāla06:11 – 08:05
Varjyam04:55 – 05:20
Dur Muhūrta 07:50 – 08:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:17 – 06:11 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:11 – 08:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:05 – 09:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla09:59 – 11:53 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:53 – 13:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:47 – 15:41 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:41 – 17:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:35 – 19:30 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:30 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:35 – 21:41 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:41 – 22:47 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:47 – 23:53 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:53 – 00:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla00:59 – 02:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:05 – 03:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:11 – 04:17 (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 Year5104 · Kali-5104
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863988.27 · 5103.4 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452453.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8878° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)219.84° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.8878°) · declination 23.29° · EoT -2.89 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:2002-06-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)