पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 23, 2013 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: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.4 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः।प्रेतान्भूतगणांश्चान्ये यजन्ते तामसा जनाः।।17.4।।
"17.4 The Pure worship the true God; the Passionate, the powers of wealth and magic; the Ignorant, the spirits of the dead and of the lower orders of nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya126.05°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra332.23°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala92.55°KarkaPunarvasu P4
बुध Budha123.99°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati77.81°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra163.33°KanyāHasta P1
शनि Śani192.18°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:06 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:39 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:40 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:35 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 32 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:18 – 04:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:59 – 05:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta18:27 – 18:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:39 – 19:13
Amṛta Kāla18:24 – 20:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:11 – 11:53
Yamaganda15:16 – 16:58
Gulika Kāla06:48 – 08:30
Varjyam05:40 – 06:02
Dur Muhūrta 08:16 – 08:43

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:06 – 06:48 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:48 – 08:30 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:30 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:11 – 11:53 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:53 – 13:34 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:34 – 15:16 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:16 – 16:58 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:58 – 18:39 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:39 – 19:58 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:58 – 21:16 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:16 – 22:34 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:34 – 23:53 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:53 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:11 – 02:30 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:30 – 03:48 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:48 – 05:06 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5115 · Kali-5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868062.27 · 5114.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456527.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0436° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)206.77° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (24.0436°) · declination 11.44° · EoT -2.27 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:2013-08-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)