पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 2, 2006 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 17.18 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत्।क्रियते तदिह प्रोक्तं राजसं चलमध्रुवम्।।17.18।।
"17.18 Austerity coupled with hypocrisy or performed for the sake of self-glorification, popularity or vanity, comes from Passion, and its result is always doubtful and temporary." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya257.55°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra284.01°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala17.33°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
बुध Budha243.16°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati200.13°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra275.85°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani105.77°KarkaPuṣya P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:19 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:31 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:46 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:35 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 12 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 47 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:05 – 06:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:33 – 07:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:27 – 14:03
Godhūli Muhūrta16:19 – 16:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:31 – 16:54
Amṛta Kāla16:16 – 18:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:28 – 09:37
Yamaganda10:46 – 11:55
Gulika Kāla13:04 – 14:13
Varjyam07:42 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:19 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:28 – 09:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:37 – 10:46 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:46 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:55 – 13:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:04 – 14:13 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:13 – 15:22 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:22 – 16:31 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:31 – 18:22 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:22 – 20:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:13 – 22:04 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:04 – 23:55 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:55 – 01:46 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:46 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:37 – 05:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:28 – 07:19 (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 Year5107 · Kali-5107
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865272.27 · 5106.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453737.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9369° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)23.82° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.9369°) · declination -22.94° · EoT -4.15 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:2006-01-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)