पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 25, 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: यमुना जयन्ती — Yamunā Jayantī
Manifestation of Yamunā Devī; Vraja-bhakti-pravāhinī.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.8 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय।निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः।।12.8।।
"12.8 Then let thy mind cling only to Me, let thy intellect abide in Me; and without doubt thou shalt live hereafter in Me alone." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya340.01°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra42.57°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala0.73°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha324.82°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati108.08°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra14.90°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शनि Śani220.54°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:47 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:07 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:41 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:33 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 20 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 39 Mins 25 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:08 – 04:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:45 – 05:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:32 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta17:55 – 18:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:07 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla17:52 – 19:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:32 – 00:22

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:57 – 13:30
Yamaganda07:19 – 08:52
Gulika Kāla10:25 – 11:57
Varjyam06:18 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta 08:40 – 09:04

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:47 – 07:19 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:19 – 08:52 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:52 – 10:25 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:25 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:57 – 13:30 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:30 – 15:02 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:02 – 16:35 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:35 – 18:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:07 – 19:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:35 – 21:02 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:02 – 22:30 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:30 – 23:57 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:57 – 01:25 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:25 – 02:52 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:52 – 04:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:19 – 05:47 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

🌌 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)1868641.27 · 5116.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457106.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0657° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)60.24° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (24.0657°) · declination 1.62° · 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:2015-03-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)