पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 12, 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 2.27 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च।

तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि।।2.27।।
"2.27 For death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefore grieve not for what is inevitable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.27'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 Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya86.12°MithunaPunarvasu P2
चन्द्र Candra26.73°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala107.47°KarkaAśleṣā P1
बुध Budha108.48°KarkaAśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati141.33°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra48.13°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani83.24°MithunaPunarvasu P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:26 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:26 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:47 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:09 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 59 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 00 Mins 14 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:26 – 03:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:11 – 04:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta19:14 – 19:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:26 – 20:03
Amṛta Kāla19:11 – 20:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:18 – 08:11
Yamaganda10:03 – 11:56
Gulika Kāla13:48 – 15:41
Varjyam05:03 – 05:27
Dur Muhūrta 07:56 – 08:26

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:26 – 06:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:18 – 08:11 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:11 – 10:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:03 – 11:56 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:56 – 13:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:48 – 15:41 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:41 – 17:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:33 – 19:26 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:26 – 20:33 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:33 – 21:41 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:41 – 22:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:48 – 23:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:56 – 01:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:03 – 02:11 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:11 – 03:18 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:18 – 04:26 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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)1864733.27 · 5105.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453198.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9163° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)298.34° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 25/30)
🪷 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 (23.9163°) · declination 21.94° · EoT -5.24 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:2004-07-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)