पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 28, 2011 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 18.73 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाचनष्टो मोहः स्मृतिर्लब्धा त्वत्प्रसादान्मयाच्युत।स्थितोऽस्मि गतसन्देहः करिष्ये वचनं तव।।18.73।।
"18.73 Arjuna replied: My Lord! O Immutable One! My delusion has fled. By Thy Grace, O Changeless One, the light has dawned. My doubts are gone, and I stand before Thee ready to do Thy will."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.73's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
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 1
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya251.91°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra293.69°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala144.87°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha230.42°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.20°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra284.78°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani183.74°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:27 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:34 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:45 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 08 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 51 Mins 13 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:05 – 06:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:32 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta13:24 – 14:00
Godhūli Muhūrta16:15 – 16:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:27 – 16:50
Amṛta Kāla16:12 – 17:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:11

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:52 – 13:01
Yamaganda08:27 – 09:35
Gulika Kāla10:44 – 11:52
Varjyam07:41 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:44

🧭 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 – 09:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:35 – 10:44 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:44 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:52 – 13:01 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:01 – 14:10 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:10 – 15:18 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:18 – 16:27 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:27 – 18:18 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:18 – 20:10 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:10 – 22:01 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:01 – 23:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:52 – 01:44 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:44 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:35 – 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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867458.27 · 5112.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455923.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0205° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)42.46° · 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 (24.0205°) · declination -23.30° · EoT -1.89 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:2011-12-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)