पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 28, 2012 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: सरस्वती जयन्ती / वसन्त पञ्चमी — Sarasvatī Jayantī (Vasanta Pañchamī)
Manifestation of Devī Sarasvatī; vidyā-ārambha day; vasanta-ṛtu begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.26 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितृ़नथ पितामहान्।

आचार्यान्मातुलान्भ्रातृ़न्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा।।1.26।।
"1.26 There Arjuna noticed fathers, grandfathers, uncles, cousins, sons, grandsons, teachers, friends;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.48°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra339.31°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.76°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha276.34°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati8.01°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra322.48°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani185.13°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:08 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:59 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:39 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:55 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 51 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 08 Mins 54 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:49 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:19 – 07:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:42 – 14:21
Godhūli Muhūrta16:47 – 17:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:59 – 17:24
Amṛta Kāla16:44 – 18:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:36 – 10:50
Yamaganda13:17 – 14:31
Gulika Kāla07:08 – 08:22
Varjyam07:33 – 07:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:08 – 08:22 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:22 – 09:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:36 – 10:50 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:50 – 12:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:03 – 13:17 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:17 – 14:31 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:31 – 15:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:45 – 16:59 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:59 – 18:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:45 – 20:31 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:31 – 22:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:17 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:03 – 01:50 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:50 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:36 – 05:22 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:22 – 07:08 (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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867489.27 · 5113.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455954.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0217° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)57.37° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (24.0217°) · declination -18.39° · EoT -12.97 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:2012-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)