पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 14, 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: सीताष्टमी — Sītāṣṭamī
Birth-anniversary of Sītā per Phālguna-Kṛṣṇa-Aṣṭamī tradition.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.32 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता।सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी।।18.32।।
"18.32 And that which, shrouded in Ignorance, thinks wrong right, and sees everything perversely, O Arjuna, that intellect is ruled by Darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya329.89°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra241.99°DhanuMūla P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala31.33°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
बुध Budha339.15°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati138.87°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra15.14°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शनि Śani72.28°MithunaĀrdrā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:05 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:56 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:36 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:41 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 51 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 08 Mins 42 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:30 – 05:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:06 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:44 – 18:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:56 – 18:26
Amṛta Kāla17:41 – 19:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:27 – 17:56
Yamaganda12:00 – 13:29
Gulika Kāla14:58 – 16:27
Varjyam06:34 – 06:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:14

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:05 – 07:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:34 – 09:03 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:03 – 10:32 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:32 – 12:00 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:00 – 13:29 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:29 – 14:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:58 – 16:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:27 – 17:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:56 – 19:27 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:27 – 20:58 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:58 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:29 – 00:00 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:00 – 01:32 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:32 – 03:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:03 – 04:34 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:34 – 06:05 (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 Aṣṭamī + Mūla alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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)1864613.27 · 5105.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453078.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9117° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)271.66° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (23.9117°) · declination -2.46° · EoT -9.94 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:2004-03-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)