पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 17, 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.16 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च।क्षरः सर्वाणि भूतानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यते।।15.16।।
"15.16 There are two aspects in Nature: the perishable and the imperishable. All life in this world belongs to the former, the unchanging element belongs to the latter." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya240.76°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra154.56°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala336.27°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha258.72°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.53°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra270.84°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani76.94°MithunaĀrdrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:13 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:22 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:57 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:08 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 08 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 51 Mins 27 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:00 – 06:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:27 – 07:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:29 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:19 – 13:55
Godhūli Muhūrta16:10 – 16:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:22 – 16:44
Amṛta Kāla16:07 – 17:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:29 – 00:06

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:47 – 12:56
Yamaganda08:22 – 09:30
Gulika Kāla10:39 – 11:47
Varjyam07:36 – 07:50
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:13 – 08:22 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:22 – 09:30 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:30 – 10:39 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:39 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:47 – 12:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:56 – 14:04 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:04 – 15:13 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:13 – 16:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:22 – 18:13 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:13 – 20:04 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:04 – 21:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:56 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:47 – 01:39 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:39 – 03:30 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:30 – 05:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:22 – 07:13 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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)1864525.27 · 5104.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452990.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9083° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)277.24° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (23.9083°) · declination -23.33° · EoT 3.25 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:2003-12-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)