पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 10, 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: स्कन्द षष्ठी — Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī
Kārttikeya's victory over Tāraka. Important Shaiva day in Tamil tradition.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.33 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्रेयान्द्रव्यमयाद्यज्ञाज्ज्ञानयज्ञः परन्तप।

सर्वं कर्माखिलं पार्थ ज्ञाने परिसमाप्यते।।4.33।।
"4.33 The sacrifice of wisdom is superior to any material sacrifice, for, O Arjuna, the climax of action is always Realisation." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.33's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya233.90°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra305.82°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala191.52°TulāSvātī P2
बुध Budha247.96°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati114.06°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra192.29°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani62.23°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:08 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:20 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:44 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:11 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:53 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 12 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 47 Mins 23 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:54 – 06:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:22 – 07:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:03
Vijaya Muhūrta13:16 – 13:53
Godhūli Muhūrta16:08 – 16:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:20 – 16:43
Amṛta Kāla16:05 – 17:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:03

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:02 – 15:11
Yamaganda09:26 – 10:35
Gulika Kāla11:44 – 12:53
Varjyam07:31 – 07:46
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:35

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:08 – 08:17 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:17 – 09:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:26 – 10:35 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:35 – 11:44 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:44 – 12:53 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:53 – 14:02 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:02 – 15:11 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:11 – 16:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:20 – 18:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:11 – 20:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:02 – 21:53 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:53 – 23:44 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:44 – 01:35 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:35 – 03:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:26 – 05:17 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:17 – 07:08 (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)1864153.27 · 5103.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452618.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8941° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)71.12° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (23.8941°) · declination -22.88° · EoT 6.43 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:2002-12-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)