पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 12, 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: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.11 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
यतन्तो योगिनश्चैनं पश्यन्त्यात्मन्यवस्थितम्।यतन्तोऽप्यकृतात्मानो नैनं पश्यन्त्यचेतसः।।15.11।।
"15.11 The saints with great effort find Him within themselves; but not the unintelligent, who in spite of every effort cannot control their minds." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2060 Durmukhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1925 Subhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1410
Malayalam Era: 1179
Nanakshahi: 534
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

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

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya235.67°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra90.64°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala333.40°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha256.34°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.21°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra264.65°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani77.32°MithunaĀrdrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:21 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:40 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:30 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 11 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 48 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:56 – 06:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:23 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:03
Vijaya Muhūrta13:17 – 13:54
Godhūli Muhūrta16:09 – 16:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:21 – 16:44
Amṛta Kāla16:06 – 17:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:03

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:36 – 11:45
Yamaganda14:03 – 15:12
Gulika Kāla08:18 – 09:27
Varjyam07:32 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:18 – 09:36

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:09 – 08:18 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:18 – 09:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:27 – 10:36 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:36 – 11:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:45 – 12:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:54 – 14:03 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:03 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:12 – 16:21 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:21 – 18:12 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:12 – 20:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:03 – 21:54 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:54 – 23:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:45 – 01:36 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:36 – 03:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:27 – 05:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:18 – 07:09 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Caturthī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

🌌 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)1864520.27 · 5104.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452985.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9081° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)217.83° · 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 (23.9081°) · declination -23.03° · EoT 5.54 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:2003-12-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)