पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 28, 2004 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.14 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनं शौचमार्जवम्।ब्रह्मचर्यमहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते।।17.14।।
"17.14 Worship of God and the Master; respect for the preacher and the philosopher; purity, rectitude, continence and harmlessness - all this is physical austerity." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.53°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra0.15°MeṣaAśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala1.95°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha261.54°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.14°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra322.14°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani73.64°MithunaĀrdrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:08 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:59 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:33 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:47 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 50 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 09 Mins 02 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:49 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:19 – 07:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:42 – 14:21
Godhūli Muhūrta16:47 – 17:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:59 – 17:24
Amṛta Kāla16:44 – 18:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:03 – 13:17
Yamaganda08:22 – 09:36
Gulika Kāla10:50 – 12:03
Varjyam07:33 – 07:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:08 – 08:22 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:22 – 09:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:36 – 10:50 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:50 – 12:03 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:03 – 13:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:17 – 14:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:31 – 15:45 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:45 – 16:59 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:59 – 18:45 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:45 – 20:31 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:31 – 22:17 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:17 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:03 – 01:50 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:50 – 03:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:36 – 05:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:22 – 07:08 (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)1864567.27 · 5105.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453032.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9099° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)75.58° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 7/30)
🪷 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 (23.9099°) · declination -18.41° · EoT -12.97 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:2004-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)