पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 28, 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.10 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
योगी युञ्जीत सततमात्मानं रहसि स्थितः।

एकाकी यतचित्तात्मा निराशीरपरिग्रहः।।6.10।।
"6.10 Let the student of spirituality try unceasingly to concentrate his mind; Let him live in seclusion, absolutely alone, with mind and personality controlled, free from desire and without possessions." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya252.72°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra88.05°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala217.66°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha230.27°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.29°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra230.17°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani91.18°KarkaPunarvasu P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:27 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:27 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:21 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 09 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 50 Mins 55 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:05 – 06:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:32 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta13:24 – 14:01
Godhūli Muhūrta16:15 – 16:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:27 – 16:50
Amṛta Kāla16:12 – 17:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:11

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:10 – 15:18
Yamaganda09:35 – 10:44
Gulika Kāla11:52 – 13:01
Varjyam07:41 – 07:55
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:44

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:18 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:27 – 09:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:35 – 10:44 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:44 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:52 – 13:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:01 – 14:10 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:10 – 15:18 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:18 – 16:27 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:27 – 18:18 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:18 – 20:10 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:10 – 22:01 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:01 – 23:52 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:52 – 01:44 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:44 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:35 – 05:27 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:27 – 07:18 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

🌌 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)1864902.27 · 5105.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453367.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9227° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)197.55° · 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 (23.9227°) · declination -23.27° · EoT -1.89 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:2004-12-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)