पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 1, 2008 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 18.18 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना।करणं कर्म कर्तेति त्रिविधः कर्मसंग्रहः।।18.18।।
"18.18 Knowledge, the knower and the object of knowledge, these are the three incentives to action; and the act, the actor and the instrument are the threefold constituents." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya256.01°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra173.89°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala65.79°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
बुध Budha264.32°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati249.75°DhanuMūla P3
शुक्र Śukra217.46°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani134.28°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:19 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:30 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:48 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:04 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 10 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 49 Mins 02 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:05 – 06:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:33 – 07:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:26 – 14:03
Godhūli Muhūrta16:18 – 16:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:30 – 16:53
Amṛta Kāla16:15 – 18:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:12 – 15:21
Yamaganda09:36 – 10:45
Gulika Kāla11:54 – 13:03
Varjyam07:42 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:19 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:28 – 09:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:36 – 10:45 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:45 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:54 – 13:03 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:03 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:12 – 15:21 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:21 – 16:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:30 – 18:21 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:21 – 20:12 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:12 – 22:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:03 – 23:54 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:54 – 01:45 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:45 – 03:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:36 – 05:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:28 – 07:19 (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 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)1866001.27 · 5108.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454466.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9647° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)276.24° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (23.9647°) · declination -23.06° · EoT -3.71 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:2008-01-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)