पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 7, 2005 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.4 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च।

अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा।।7.4।।
"7.4 Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect and personality; this is the eightfold division of My Manifested Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2062 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1927 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1412
Malayalam Era: 1181
Nanakshahi: 536
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya294.44°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra267.50°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala246.22°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha288.95°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.24°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra281.52°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani87.94°MithunaPunarvasu P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:57 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:13 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:37 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:57 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 15 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 44 Mins 13 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:35 – 06:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:06 – 06:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:29
Godhūli Muhūrta17:01 – 17:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:13 – 17:38
Amṛta Kāla16:58 – 18:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:14 – 09:31
Yamaganda10:48 – 12:05
Gulika Kāla13:22 – 14:39
Varjyam07:23 – 07:39
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:57 – 08:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:14 – 09:31 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:31 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:48 – 12:05 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:05 – 13:22 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:22 – 14:39 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:39 – 15:56 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:56 – 17:13 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:13 – 18:56 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:56 – 20:39 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:39 – 22:22 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:22 – 00:05 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:05 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:48 – 03:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:31 – 05:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:14 – 06:57 (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)1864943.27 · 5106.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453408.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9243° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)334.94° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (23.9243°) · declination -15.32° · EoT -14.38 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:2005-02-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)