पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 14, 2019 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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Also observed today
- पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.52 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच
सुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मम।
देवा अप्यस्य रूपस्य नित्यं दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः।।11.52।।
सुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मम।
देवा अप्यस्य रूपस्य नित्यं दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः।।11.52।।
"11.52 Lord Shri Krishna replied: It is hard to see this vision of Me that thou hast seen. Even the most powerful have longed for it in vain." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Aśvinī Pada 1 |
| योग (Yoga) | Siddha |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Bava |
| वार (Vāra) | Somavāra (Monday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 269.44° | Dhanu | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P1 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 356.54° | Mīna | Revatī P3 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 344.34° | Mīna | Uttara Bhādrapadā P4 |
| बुध Budha | 259.26° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P2 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 230.28° | Vṛścika | Jyeṣṭhā P2 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 222.42° | Vṛścika | Anurādhā P3 |
| शनि Śani | 258.70° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P2 |
☀️ Chicago, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 07:17 UTC-6 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 16:42 UTC-6 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 12:00 UTC-6 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 11:16 UTC-6 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 00:20 UTC-6 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 9 Hours 25 Mins 49 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 14 Hours 34 Mins 11 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 06:01 – 06:39 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 06:29 – 07:17 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:41 – 12:18 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:34 – 14:12 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 16:30 – 16:54 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 16:42 – 17:06 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 16:27 – 18:12 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:41 – 00:18 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 08:27 – 09:38 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 10:49 – 12:00 |
| Gulika Kāla | 13:10 – 14:21 |
| Varjyam | 07:40 – 07:55 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 09:29 – 09:47 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
⭐ 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
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Amṛta | 07:17 – 08:27 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Kāla | 08:27 – 09:38 (inauspicious) |
| Day-3 Śubha | 09:38 – 10:49 (auspicious) |
| Day-4 Roga | 10:49 – 12:00 (inauspicious) |
| Day-5 Udveg | 12:00 – 13:10 (inauspicious) |
| Day-6 Chala | 13:10 – 14:21 (neutral) |
| Day-7 Labha | 14:21 – 15:32 (auspicious) |
| Day-8 Amṛta | 15:32 – 16:42 (auspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Chala | 16:42 – 18:32 (neutral) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Labha | 18:32 – 20:21 (auspicious) |
| Night-3 Amṛta | 20:21 – 22:10 (auspicious) |
| Night-4 Kāla | 22:10 – 00:00 (inauspicious) |
| Night-5 Śubha | 00:00 – 01:49 (auspicious) |
| Night-6 Roga | 01:49 – 03:38 (inauspicious) |
| Night-7 Udveg | 03:38 – 05:27 (inauspicious) |
| Night-8 Chala | 05:27 – 07:17 (neutral) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
-3101-02-18 — Kali 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 Year | 5120 · Kali-5120 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1870032.27 · 5120.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2458497.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 24.1189° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 90.88° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30) |
🪷 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 (24.1189°) · declination -21.38° · EoT -9.00 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:2019-01-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)