पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 6, 2007 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: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.20 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
दातव्यमिति यद्दानं दीयतेऽनुपकारिणे।देशे काले च पात्रे च तद्दानं सात्त्विकं स्मृतम्।।17.20।।
"17.20 The gift which is given without thought of recompense, in the belief that it ought to be made, in a fit place, at an opportune time and to a deserving person - such a gift is Pure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2064 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1929 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1414
Malayalam Era: 1183
Nanakshahi: 538
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya229.55°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra189.26°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala75.33°MithunaĀrdrā P3
बुध Budha222.96°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati243.82°DhanuMūla P2
शुक्र Śukra186.48°TulāCitrā P4
शनि Śani134.25°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:04 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:21 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:44 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:18 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 16 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 43 Mins 18 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:50 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:18 – 07:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:15 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta16:09 – 16:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:21 – 16:44
Amṛta Kāla16:06 – 17:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:01

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:52 – 14:02
Yamaganda07:04 – 08:14
Gulika Kāla09:23 – 10:33
Varjyam07:27 – 07:42
Dur Muhūrta 09:14 – 09:32

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:04 – 08:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:14 – 09:23 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:23 – 10:33 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:33 – 11:42 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:42 – 12:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:52 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:02 – 15:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:11 – 16:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:21 – 18:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:11 – 20:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:02 – 21:52 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:52 – 23:42 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:42 – 01:33 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:33 – 03:23 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:23 – 05:14 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:14 – 07:04 (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 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)1865975.27 · 5108.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454440.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9638° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)317.99° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 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 (23.9638°) · declination -22.42° · EoT 8.14 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:2007-12-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)