पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 24, 2007 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: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.5 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga🪷 Paśya Me Pārtha Rūpāṇi · Behold My Forms
श्री भगवानुवाच

पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः।

नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च।।11.5।।
"11.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Behold, O Arjuna! My celestial forms, by hundred and thousands, various in kind, in colour and in shape." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2064 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1929 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1414
Malayalam Era: 1183
Nanakshahi: 538
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya38.57°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
चन्द्र Candra130.39°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala342.33°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha59.16°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati233.30°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra83.01°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शनि Śani115.03°KarkaAśleṣā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:23 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:11 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:15 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:34 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 48 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 11 Mins 42 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:25 – 03:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:09 – 04:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:59 – 19:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:11 – 19:48
Amṛta Kāla18:56 – 20:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:38 – 15:29
Yamaganda04:23 – 06:14
Gulika Kāla08:05 – 09:56
Varjyam05:00 – 05:24
Dur Muhūrta 07:50 – 08:20

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:23 – 06:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:14 – 08:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:05 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:56 – 11:47 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:47 – 13:38 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:38 – 15:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:29 – 17:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:20 – 19:11 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:11 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:20 – 21:29 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:29 – 22:38 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:38 – 23:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:47 – 00:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:56 – 02:05 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:05 – 03:14 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:14 – 04:23 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Maghā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5109 · Kali-5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865779.27 · 5108.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454244.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9563° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)89.72° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (23.9563°) · declination 20.66° · EoT 3.31 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:2007-05-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)