पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · June 24, 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: रथ यात्रा — Ratha-Yātrā (Jagannātha Puri)
Jagannātha's annual ratha-yātrā at Puri.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.11 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः।सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं ततः कुरु यतात्मवान्।।12.11।।
"12.11 And if thou art too weak even for this, then seek refuge in union with Me, and with perfect self-control renounce the fruit of thy action." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya68.69°MithunaĀrdrā P1
चन्द्र Candra86.08°MithunaPunarvasu P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala22.96°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
बुध Budha48.25°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati303.29°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra23.73°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शनि Śani141.91°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:16 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:29 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:34 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:30 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 13 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 46 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:14 – 03:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:00 – 04:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta19:17 – 19:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:29 – 20:07
Amṛta Kāla19:14 – 20:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:53 – 13:47
Yamaganda06:10 – 08:04
Gulika Kāla09:58 – 11:53
Varjyam04:54 – 05:18
Dur Muhūrta 07:49 – 08:19

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:16 – 06:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:10 – 08:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:04 – 09:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:58 – 11:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:53 – 13:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:47 – 15:41 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:41 – 17:35 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:35 – 19:29 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:29 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:35 – 21:41 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:41 – 22:47 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:47 – 23:53 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:53 – 00:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:58 – 02:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:04 – 03:10 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:10 – 04:16 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvitīyā + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

🌌 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 Year5111 · Kali-5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866541.27 · 5110.4 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455006.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9854° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)15.70° · 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 (23.9854°) · declination 23.41° · EoT -2.08 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:2009-06-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)