पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 25, 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: मत्स्य जयन्ती — Matsya Jayantī
Matsya saved Vaivasvata Manu and the Vedas during the cosmic deluge.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.36 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून् वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः।

निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम्।।2.36।।
"2.36 Thine enemies will spread scandal and mock at thy courage. Can anything be more humiliating?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya340.77°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra7.51°MeṣaAśvinī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala132.04°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha334.65°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati17.58°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra26.59°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शनि Śani183.51°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:46 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:08 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:57 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:31 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 22 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 37 Mins 22 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:07 – 04:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:44 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:32 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta17:56 – 18:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:08 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla17:53 – 19:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:32 – 00:22

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:36 – 18:08
Yamaganda11:57 – 13:30
Gulika Kāla15:03 – 16:36
Varjyam06:17 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta 08:39 – 09:04

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:46 – 07:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:19 – 08:51 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:51 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:24 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:57 – 13:30 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:30 – 15:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:03 – 16:36 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:36 – 18:08 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:08 – 19:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:36 – 21:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:03 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:30 – 23:57 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:57 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:24 – 02:51 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:51 – 04:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:19 – 05:46 (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 Tṛtīyā + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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)1867546.27 · 5113.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456011.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0238° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)29.64° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (24.0238°) · declination 1.91° · EoT -6.58 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:2012-03-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)