पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 11, 2003 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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Also observed today
- धनु सङ्क्रान्ति · Dhanu SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.23 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात्।
कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः।।5.23।।
कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः।।5.23।।
"5.23 He who, before he leaves his body, learns to surmount the promptings of desire and anger is a saint and is happy." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2060 Durmukhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1925 Subhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1410
Malayalam Era: 1179
Nanakshahi: 534
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Aśvinī Pada 1 |
| योग (Yoga) | Siddha |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Bava |
| वार (Vāra) | Śanivāra (Saturday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 266.49° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 1.81° | Meṣa | Aśvinī P1 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 212.13° | Vṛścika | Viśākhā P4 |
| बुध Budha | 268.28° | Dhanu | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P1 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 111.91° | Karka | Aśleṣā P2 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 219.51° | Vṛścika | Anurādhā P2 |
| शनि Śani | 59.69° | Vṛṣabha | Mr̥gaśirā P2 |
☀️ Chicago, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 07:18 UTC-6 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 16:39 UTC-6 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:58 UTC-6 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 11:40 UTC-6 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 00:59 UTC-6 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 9 Hours 21 Mins 23 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 14 Hours 38 Mins 37 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 06:03 – 06:40 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 06:31 – 07:18 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:40 – 12:17 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:32 – 14:09 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 16:27 – 16:51 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 16:39 – 17:02 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 16:24 – 18:09 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:40 – 00:17 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 09:38 – 10:48 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 13:09 – 14:19 |
| Gulika Kāla | 07:18 – 08:28 |
| Varjyam | 07:41 – 07:56 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 09:29 – 09:47 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala
Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Kāla | 07:18 – 08:28 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Śubha | 08:28 – 09:38 (auspicious) |
| Day-3 Roga | 09:38 – 10:48 (inauspicious) |
| Day-4 Udveg | 10:48 – 11:58 (inauspicious) |
| Day-5 Chala | 11:58 – 13:09 (neutral) |
| Day-6 Labha | 13:09 – 14:19 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Amṛta | 14:19 – 15:29 (auspicious) |
| Day-8 Kāla | 15:29 – 16:39 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Labha | 16:39 – 18:29 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Amṛta | 18:29 – 20:19 (auspicious) |
| Night-3 Kāla | 20:19 – 22:09 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Śubha | 22:09 – 23:58 (auspicious) |
| Night-5 Roga | 23:58 – 01:48 (inauspicious) |
| Night-6 Udveg | 01:48 – 03:38 (inauspicious) |
| Night-7 Chala | 03:38 – 05:28 (neutral) |
| Night-8 Labha | 05:28 – 07:18 (auspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
-3101-02-18 — Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)
🌌 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 | 5104 · Kali-5104 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1864185.27 · 5104.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2452650.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.8953° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 95.33° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30) |
🪷 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 (23.8953°) · declination -21.89° · EoT -7.89 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:2003-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)