पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 30, 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.15 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ।

समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते।।2.15।।
"2.15 The hero whose soul is unmoved by circumstance, who accepts pleasure and pain with equanimity, only he is fit for immortality." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya102.84°KarkaPuṣya P3
चन्द्र Candra346.67°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala106.61°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha112.55°KarkaAśleṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati95.42°KarkaPuṣya P1
शुक्र Śukra147.24°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani60.71°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:41 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:12 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:54 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:30 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 30 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 29 Mins 40 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:45 – 03:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:29 – 04:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta19:00 – 19:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:12 – 19:48
Amṛta Kāla18:57 – 20:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:34 – 17:23
Yamaganda08:19 – 10:08
Gulika Kāla11:57 – 13:45
Varjyam05:18 – 05:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:05 – 08:34

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:41 – 06:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:30 – 08:19 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:19 – 10:08 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:08 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:57 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:45 – 15:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:34 – 17:23 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:23 – 19:12 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:12 – 20:23 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:23 – 21:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:34 – 22:45 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:45 – 23:57 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:57 – 01:08 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:08 – 02:19 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:19 – 03:30 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:30 – 04:41 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1864020.27 · 5103.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452485.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8890° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)246.79° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (23.8890°) · declination 18.59° · EoT -6.11 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:2002-07-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)