पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 20, 2016 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.18 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन।

न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्िचदर्थव्यपाश्रयः।।3.18।।
"3.18 He has nothing to gain by the performance or non-performance of action. His welfare depends not on any contribution that an earthly creature can make." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya335.78°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra117.42°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala220.24°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha331.77°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati142.03°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra315.15°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani232.09°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:54 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:03 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:29 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:22 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 08 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 51 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:17 – 05:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:54 – 05:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta17:51 – 18:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:03 – 18:33
Amṛta Kāla17:48 – 19:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:32 – 18:03
Yamaganda11:59 – 13:30
Gulika Kāla15:01 – 16:32
Varjyam06:25 – 06:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:54 – 07:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:25 – 08:57 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:57 – 10:28 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:28 – 11:59 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:59 – 13:30 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:30 – 15:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:01 – 16:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:32 – 18:03 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:03 – 19:32 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:32 – 21:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:01 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:30 – 23:59 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:59 – 01:28 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:28 – 02:57 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:57 – 04:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:25 – 05:54 (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 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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869002.27 · 5117.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457467.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0795° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)140.33° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (24.0795°) · declination -0.05° · EoT -8.15 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:2016-03-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)