पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 19, 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: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.12 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा।रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ।।14.12।।
"14.12 O best of Indians! Avarice, the impulse to act and the beginning of action itself are all due to the dominance of Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya122.22°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra102.89°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala61.58°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha148.79°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati297.87°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra86.82°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani147.14°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:02 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:45 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:23 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:50 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 43 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 16 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:12 – 04:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:54 – 05:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta18:33 – 18:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:45 – 19:20
Amṛta Kāla18:30 – 20:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:21

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:54 – 13:37
Yamaganda06:45 – 08:28
Gulika Kāla10:11 – 11:54
Varjyam05:36 – 05:58
Dur Muhūrta 08:14 – 08:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:02 – 06:45 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:45 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:28 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:11 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:54 – 13:37 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:37 – 15:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:20 – 17:03 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:03 – 18:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:45 – 20:03 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:03 – 21:20 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:20 – 22:37 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:37 – 23:54 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:54 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:11 – 02:28 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:28 – 03:45 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:45 – 05:02 (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 Year5111 · Kali-5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866597.27 · 5110.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455062.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9875° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)342.35° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.9875°) · declination 12.78° · EoT -3.29 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:2009-08-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)