पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 25, 2010 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: सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी — Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī
Monthly Gaṇeśa vrata.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.18 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम्।

आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम्।।7.18।।
"7.18 Noble-minded are they all, but the wise man I hold as my own Self; for he, remaining always at peace with Me, makes me his final goal." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2067 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1932 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1417
Malayalam Era: 1186
Nanakshahi: 541
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya218.64°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
चन्द्र Candra79.34°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala236.13°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha238.84°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati329.63°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra184.22°TulāCitrā P4
शनि Śani169.76°KanyāHasta P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:52 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:24 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:38 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:49 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:53 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 31 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 28 Mins 11 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:36 – 06:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:05 – 06:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 11:57
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta16:12 – 16:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:24 – 16:48
Amṛta Kāla16:09 – 17:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 23:57

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:50 – 14:01
Yamaganda06:52 – 08:04
Gulika Kāla09:15 – 10:27
Varjyam07:16 – 07:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:25

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:52 – 08:04 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:04 – 09:15 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:15 – 10:27 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:27 – 11:38 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:38 – 12:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:50 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:01 – 15:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:13 – 16:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:24 – 18:13 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:13 – 20:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:01 – 21:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:50 – 23:38 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:38 – 01:27 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:27 – 03:15 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:15 – 05:04 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:04 – 06:52 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5112 · Kali-5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867060.27 · 5111.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455525.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0052° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)220.57° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (24.0052°) · declination -20.69° · EoT 12.23 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:2010-11-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)