पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 28, 2009 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: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.26 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति।

तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः।।9.26।।
"9.26 Whatever a man offers to Me, whether it be a leaf, or a flower, or fruit, or water, I accept it, for it is offered with devotion and purity of mind." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya315.60°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra351.08°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala294.10°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha292.74°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati288.93°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शुक्र Śukra350.55°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani144.89°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:28 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:39 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:01 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:50 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 11 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 48 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:59 – 05:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:32 – 06:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:27 – 17:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:39 – 18:07
Amṛta Kāla17:24 – 19:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:16 – 10:40
Yamaganda13:28 – 14:52
Gulika Kāla06:28 – 07:52
Varjyam06:56 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:27

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:28 – 07:52 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:52 – 09:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:16 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:40 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:04 – 13:28 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:28 – 14:52 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:52 – 16:16 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:16 – 17:39 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:39 – 19:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:16 – 20:52 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:52 – 22:28 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:28 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:04 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:40 – 03:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:16 – 04:52 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:52 – 06:28 (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 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)1866425.27 · 5110.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454890.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9810° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)36.18° · 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 (23.9810°) · declination -7.98° · EoT -13.22 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:2009-02-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)