पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 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: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.22 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः।

समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते।।4.22।।
"4.22 Content with what comes to him without effort of his own, mounting above the pairs of opposites, free from envy, his mind balanced both in success and failure; though he acts, yet the consequences do not bind him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya135.01°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra150.07°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala163.98°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha159.82°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati259.20°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra157.66°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani137.34°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:16 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:24 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:39 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:02 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 28 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:31 – 04:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:10 – 05:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:54
Godhūli Muhūrta18:12 – 18:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:24 – 18:57
Amṛta Kāla18:09 – 19:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:54 – 08:33
Yamaganda10:11 – 11:50
Gulika Kāla13:29 – 15:07
Varjyam05:49 – 06:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:20 – 08:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:16 – 06:54 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:54 – 08:33 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:33 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:11 – 11:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:50 – 13:29 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:29 – 15:07 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:07 – 16:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:46 – 18:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:24 – 19:46 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:46 – 21:07 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:07 – 22:29 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:29 – 23:50 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:50 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:11 – 02:33 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:33 – 03:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:54 – 05:16 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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)1866245.27 · 5109.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454710.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9741° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)17.06° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.9741°) · declination 8.20° · EoT 0.48 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:2008-09-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)