पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 29, 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: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.34 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ।

तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ।।3.34।।
"3.34 The love and hate which are aroused by the objects of sense arise from Nature; do not yield to them. They only obstruct the path." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya162.32°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra348.42°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala157.76°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha156.82°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati157.18°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra120.62°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani91.86°KarkaPunarvasu P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:44 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:36 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:44 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:25 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 51 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 08 Mins 50 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:10 – 04:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:45 – 05:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 12:04
Vijaya Muhūrta13:39 – 14:26
Godhūli Muhūrta17:24 – 17:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:36 – 18:05
Amṛta Kāla17:21 – 19:06
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 00:04

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:40 – 13:09
Yamaganda07:13 – 08:42
Gulika Kāla10:11 – 11:40
Varjyam06:14 – 06:33
Dur Muhūrta 08:30 – 08:54

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:44 – 07:13 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:13 – 08:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:42 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:11 – 11:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:40 – 13:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:09 – 14:38 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:38 – 16:07 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:07 – 17:36 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:36 – 19:07 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:07 – 20:38 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:38 – 22:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:09 – 23:40 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:40 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:11 – 02:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:42 – 04:13 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:13 – 05:44 (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 Year5106 · Kali-5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864812.27 · 5105.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453277.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9193° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)187.92° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.9193°) · declination -2.48° · EoT 10.52 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:2004-09-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)