पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 4, 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: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.19 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्।

उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते।।2.19।।
"2.19 He who thinks that the Spirit kills, and he who thinks of It as killed, are both ignorant. The Spirit kills not, nor is It killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya78.50°MithunaĀrdrā P4
चन्द्र Candra280.85°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala102.43°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha95.00°KarkaPuṣya P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati140.07°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra45.87°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani82.20°MithunaPunarvasu P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:20 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:29 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:33 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:15 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 08 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 51 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:19 – 03:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:05 – 04:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta19:17 – 19:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:29 – 20:06
Amṛta Kāla19:14 – 20:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:35 – 19:29
Yamaganda11:55 – 13:48
Gulika Kāla15:42 – 17:35
Varjyam04:58 – 05:23
Dur Muhūrta 07:52 – 08:23

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:20 – 06:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:14 – 08:07 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:07 – 10:01 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:01 – 11:55 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:55 – 13:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:48 – 15:42 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:42 – 17:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:35 – 19:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:29 – 20:35 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:35 – 21:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:42 – 22:48 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:48 – 23:55 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:55 – 01:01 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:01 – 02:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:07 – 03:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:14 – 04:20 (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 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 Year5106 · Kali-5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864725.27 · 5105.4 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453190.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9159° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)201.59° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (23.9159°) · declination 22.86° · EoT -4.02 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:2004-07-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)