पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 24, 2004 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.5 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्सांख्यैः प्राप्यते स्थानं तद्योगैरपि गम्यते।

एकं सांख्यं च योगं च यः पश्यति स पश्यति।।5.5।।
"5.5 The level which is reached by wisdom is attained through right action as well. He who perceives that the two are one, knows the truth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya218.18°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
चन्द्र Candra6.50°MeṣaAśvinī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala194.59°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha240.07°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati168.45°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra187.87°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani93.07°KarkaPunarvasu P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:52 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:24 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:38 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:46 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:17 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 32 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 27 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:35 – 06:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:04 – 06:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 11:57
Vijaya Muhūrta13:13 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta16:12 – 16:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:24 – 16:48
Amṛta Kāla16:09 – 17:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 23:57

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:38 – 12:50
Yamaganda08:03 – 09:15
Gulika Kāla10:26 – 11:38
Varjyam07:15 – 07:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:52 – 08:03 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:03 – 09:15 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:15 – 10:26 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:26 – 11:38 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:38 – 12:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:50 – 14:01 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:01 – 15:13 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:13 – 16:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:24 – 18:13 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:13 – 20:01 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:01 – 21:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:50 – 23:38 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:38 – 01:26 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:26 – 03:15 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:15 – 05:03 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:03 – 06:52 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Trayodaśī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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)1864868.27 · 5105.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453333.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9214° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)147.98° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.9214°) · declination -20.58° · EoT 12.55 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:2004-11-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)