पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 15, 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.5 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन।

तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप।।4.5।।
"4.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: I have been born again and again, from time to time; thou too,O Arjuna! My births are known to Me, but thou knowest not thine." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya118.62°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra276.98°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala153.12°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha134.03°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati260.05°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra136.79°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani135.23°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:58 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:51 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:41 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:16 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 52 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 07 Mins 19 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:07 – 04:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:49 – 04:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:39 – 19:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:51 – 19:26
Amṛta Kāla18:36 – 20:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:22

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:11 – 11:55
Yamaganda15:23 – 17:07
Gulika Kāla06:42 – 08:27
Varjyam05:33 – 05:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:13 – 08:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:58 – 06:42 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:42 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:27 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:11 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:55 – 13:39 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:39 – 15:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:23 – 17:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:07 – 18:51 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:51 – 20:07 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:07 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:23 – 22:39 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:39 – 23:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:55 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:11 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:27 – 03:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:42 – 04:58 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5110 · Kali-5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866228.27 · 5109.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454693.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9734° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)157.64° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (23.9734°) · declination 13.98° · EoT -4.18 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:2008-08-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)