पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 31, 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 7.25 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः।

मूढोऽयं नाभिजानाति लोको मामजमव्ययम्।।7.25।।
"7.25 I am not visible to all, for I am enveloped by the illusion of Phenomenon. This deluded world does not know Me as the Unborn and the Imperishable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla 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)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya255.75°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra294.15°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala248.70°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha274.21°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati275.21°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra302.08°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani147.58°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:29 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:21 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:34 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 10 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 49 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:05 – 06:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:32 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta13:26 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta16:17 – 16:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:29 – 16:52
Amṛta Kāla16:14 – 17:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:12

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:54 – 13:03
Yamaganda08:27 – 09:36
Gulika Kāla10:45 – 11:54
Varjyam07:41 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:45

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:18 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:27 – 09:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:36 – 10:45 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:45 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:54 – 13:03 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:03 – 14:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:11 – 15:20 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:20 – 16:29 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:29 – 18:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:20 – 20:11 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:11 – 22:03 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:03 – 23:54 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:54 – 01:45 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:45 – 03:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:36 – 05:27 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:27 – 07:18 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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)1866366.27 · 5109.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454831.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9787° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)41.53° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.9787°) · declination -23.08° · EoT -3.26 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:2008-12-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)