पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 20, 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 15.19 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
यो मामेवमसम्मूढो जानाति पुरुषोत्तमम्।स सर्वविद्भजति मां सर्वभावेन भारत।।15.19।।
"15.19 He who with unclouded vision sees Me as the Lord-God, knows all there is to be known, and always shall worship Me with his whole heart." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.19'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 Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya243.81°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra196.73°TulāSvātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala338.02°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha258.19°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.68°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra274.54°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani76.70°MithunaĀrdrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:15 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:23 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:33 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:48 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 07 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 52 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:02 – 06:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:29 – 07:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:30 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:20 – 13:56
Godhūli Muhūrta16:11 – 16:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:23 – 16:45
Amṛta Kāla16:08 – 17:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:30 – 00:07

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:32 – 10:40
Yamaganda12:57 – 14:06
Gulika Kāla07:15 – 08:23
Varjyam07:38 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:15 – 08:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:23 – 09:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:32 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:40 – 11:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:49 – 12:57 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:57 – 14:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:06 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:14 – 16:23 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:23 – 18:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:14 – 20:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:06 – 21:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:57 – 23:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:49 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:40 – 03:32 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:32 – 05:23 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:23 – 07:15 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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)1864528.27 · 5104.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452993.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9084° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)315.57° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 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 (23.9084°) · declination -23.42° · EoT 1.85 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:2003-12-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)