पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 19, 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: 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 18.36 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं श्रृणु मे भरतर्षभ।अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति।।18.36।।
"18.36 Hear further the three kinds of pleasure. That which increases day after day delivers one from misery," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya274.35°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra47.16°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala60.94°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha292.43°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati253.81°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra239.41°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani133.59°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:14 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:48 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:23 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:21 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 33 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 26 Mins 32 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:58 – 06:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:27 – 07:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta16:36 – 17:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:48 – 17:12
Amṛta Kāla16:33 – 18:18
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:38 – 10:49
Yamaganda13:13 – 14:25
Gulika Kāla07:14 – 08:26
Varjyam07:38 – 07:54
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:14 – 08:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:26 – 09:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:38 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:49 – 12:01 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:01 – 13:13 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:13 – 14:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:25 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:36 – 16:48 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:48 – 18:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:36 – 20:25 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:25 – 22:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:13 – 00:01 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:01 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:49 – 03:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:38 – 05:26 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:26 – 07:14 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvādaśī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

🌌 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)1866019.27 · 5109.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454484.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9654° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)134.82° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (23.9654°) · declination -20.50° · EoT -10.66 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:2008-01-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)