पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 14, 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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🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.4 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
संनियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धयः।ते प्राप्नुवन्ति मामेव सर्वभूतहिते रताः।।12.4।।
"12.4 Subduing their senses, viewing all conditions of life with the same eye, and working for the welfare of all beings, assuredly they come to Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2060 Durmukhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1925 Subhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1410
Malayalam Era: 1179
Nanakshahi: 534
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya146.93°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra5.17°MeṣaAśvinī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala307.22°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha141.34°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati129.92°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शुक्र Śukra154.05°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani77.68°MithunaĀrdrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:28 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:03 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:34 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:02 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 35 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 24 Mins 54 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:47 – 04:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:25 – 05:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta13:51 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta17:51 – 18:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:03 – 18:34
Amṛta Kāla17:48 – 19:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:11

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:29 – 18:03
Yamaganda11:45 – 13:20
Gulika Kāla14:54 – 16:29
Varjyam05:59 – 06:19
Dur Muhūrta 08:24 – 08:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:28 – 07:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:02 – 08:37 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:37 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:11 – 11:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:45 – 13:20 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:20 – 14:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:54 – 16:29 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:29 – 18:03 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:03 – 19:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:29 – 20:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:54 – 22:20 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:20 – 23:45 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:45 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:11 – 02:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:37 – 04:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:02 – 05:28 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Caturthī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali 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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864431.27 · 5104.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452896.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9047° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)221.11° · 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 (23.9047°) · declination 3.63° · EoT 5.13 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:2003-09-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)