पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 4, 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
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🪷 आज: आमलकी एकादशी — Āmalakī Ekādaśī
Worship of Āmalakī (Indian gooseberry, sacred to Viṣṇu).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.15 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ।

समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते।।2.15।।
"2.15 The hero whose soul is unmoved by circumstance, who accepts pleasure and pain with equanimity, only he is fit for immortality." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya319.84°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra83.75°MithunaPunarvasu P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala139.34°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha337.73°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati13.38°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra4.27°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शनि Śani184.68°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:21 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:45 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:49 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:48 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 23 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 36 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:50 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:24 – 06:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta17:33 – 17:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:45 – 18:13
Amṛta Kāla17:30 – 19:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:19 – 17:45
Yamaganda12:03 – 13:28
Gulika Kāla14:54 – 16:19
Varjyam06:50 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 Udveg06:21 – 07:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:47 – 09:12 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:12 – 10:38 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:38 – 12:03 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:03 – 13:28 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:28 – 14:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:54 – 16:19 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:19 – 17:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:45 – 19:19 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:19 – 20:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:54 – 22:28 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:28 – 00:03 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:03 – 01:38 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:38 – 03:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:12 – 04:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:47 – 06:21 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ekādaśī + 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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867525.27 · 5113.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455990.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0230° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)125.03° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (24.0230°) · declination -6.35° · EoT -12.45 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:2012-03-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)