पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 29, 2015 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.8 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
न तु मां शक्यसे द्रष्टुमनेनैव स्वचक्षुषा।

दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम्।।11.8।।
"11.8 Yet since with mortal eyes thou canst not see Me, lo! I give thee the Divine Sight. See now the glory of My Sovereignty."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya284.73°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra37.11°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala318.66°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
बुध Budha287.94°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati113.93°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra307.49°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani218.99°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:07 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:01 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:12 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:55 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 53 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 06 Mins 10 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:48 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:17 – 07:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta16:49 – 17:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:01 – 17:25
Amṛta Kāla16:46 – 18:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:18 – 14:32
Yamaganda07:07 – 08:21
Gulika Kāla09:35 – 10:49
Varjyam07:32 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:45

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:07 – 08:21 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:21 – 09:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:35 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:49 – 12:04 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:04 – 13:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:18 – 14:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:32 – 15:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:46 – 17:01 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:01 – 18:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:46 – 20:32 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:32 – 22:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:18 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:04 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:49 – 03:35 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:35 – 05:21 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:21 – 07:07 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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 Year5116 · Kali-5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868586.27 · 5116.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457051.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0636° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)110.08° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (24.0636°) · declination -18.06° · EoT -13.17 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:2015-01-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)