पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 25, 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: रामानुजाचार्य जयन्ती — Rāmānujācārya Jayantī
Birth of Rāmānujācārya; Viśiṣṭādvaita-pratiṣṭhāpaka. Caitra Śukla 5.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.43 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शौर्यं तेजो धृतिर्दाक्ष्यं युद्धे चाप्यपलायनम्।दानमीश्वरभावश्च क्षात्रं कर्म स्वभावजम्।।18.43।।
"18.43 Valour, glory, firmness, skill, generosity, steadiness in battle and ability to rule - these constitute the duty of a soldier. They flow from his own nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.43's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya340.82°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra27.75°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala38.38°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
बुध Budha358.56°MīnaRevatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati137.56°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra26.69°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शनि Śani72.53°MithunaĀrdrā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:46 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:08 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:53 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:17 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 22 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 37 Mins 32 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:07 – 04:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:44 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:32 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta17:56 – 18:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:08 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla17:53 – 19:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:32 – 00:22

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:30 – 15:03
Yamaganda05:46 – 07:19
Gulika Kāla08:51 – 10:24
Varjyam06:17 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta 08:39 – 09:04

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:46 – 07:19 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:19 – 08:51 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:51 – 10:24 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:24 – 11:57 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:57 – 13:30 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:30 – 15:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:03 – 16:36 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:36 – 18:08 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:08 – 19:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:36 – 21:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:03 – 22:30 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:30 – 23:57 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:57 – 01:24 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:24 – 02:51 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:51 – 04:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:19 – 05:46 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pañcamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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)1864624.27 · 5105.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453089.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9121° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)49.42° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (23.9121°) · declination 1.88° · EoT -6.58 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:2004-03-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)