पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 20, 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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Also observed today
- पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional
- प्रदोष व्रत · Pradoṣa VrataShaiva
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.37 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्।तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्।।18.37।।
"18.37 Which at first seems like poison but afterwards acts like nectar - that pleasure is Pure, for it is born of Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 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 Trayodaśī (13/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 4 |
| योग (Yoga) | Indra |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Kaulava |
| वार (Vāra) | Ravivāra (Sunday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 275.37° | Makara | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 61.69° | Mithuna | Mr̥gaśirā P3 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 60.79° | Mithuna | Mr̥gaśirā P3 |
| बुध Budha | 293.70° | Makara | Dhaniṣṭhā P1 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 254.03° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 240.64° | Dhanu | Mūla P1 |
| शनि Śani | 133.54° | Siṃha | Pūrva Phalgunī P1 |
☀️ Chicago, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 07:14 UTC-6 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 16:49 UTC-6 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 12:01 UTC-6 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 14:12 UTC-6 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 05:22 UTC-6 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 9 Hours 35 Mins 14 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 14 Hours 24 Mins 46 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 05:57 – 06:36 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 06:26 – 07:14 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:42 – 12:21 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:37 – 14:16 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 16:37 – 17:01 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 16:49 – 17:13 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 16:34 – 18:19 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:42 – 00:21 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 15:37 – 16:49 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 12:01 – 13:13 |
| Gulika Kāla | 14:25 – 15:37 |
| Varjyam | 07:38 – 07:53 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 09:28 – 09:47 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Udveg | 07:14 – 08:26 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Chala | 08:26 – 09:38 (neutral) |
| Day-3 Labha | 09:38 – 10:50 (auspicious) |
| Day-4 Amṛta | 10:50 – 12:01 (auspicious) |
| Day-5 Kāla | 12:01 – 13:13 (inauspicious) |
| Day-6 Śubha | 13:13 – 14:25 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Roga | 14:25 – 15:37 (inauspicious) |
| Day-8 Udveg | 15:37 – 16:49 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Śubha | 16:49 – 18:37 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Roga | 18:37 – 20:25 (inauspicious) |
| Night-3 Udveg | 20:25 – 22:13 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Chala | 22:13 – 00:01 (neutral) |
| Night-5 Labha | 00:01 – 01:50 (auspicious) |
| Night-6 Amṛta | 01:50 – 03:38 (auspicious) |
| Night-7 Kāla | 03:38 – 05:26 (inauspicious) |
| Night-8 Śubha | 05:26 – 07:14 (auspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).
🌌 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 Year | 5109 · Kali-5109 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1866020.27 · 5109.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2454485.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.9655° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 148.27° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30) |
🪷 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 (23.9655°) · declination -20.29° · EoT -10.96 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:2008-01-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)