पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 19, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: प्रदोष व्रत — Pradoṣa Vrata
Twilight worship of Śiva on Trayodaśī.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.2 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचमय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते।श्रद्धया परयोपेतास्ते मे युक्ततमा मताः।।12.2।।
"12.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Those who keep their minds fixed on Me, who worship Me always with unwavering faith and concentration; these are the very best." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 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: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya274.53°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra64.16°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala347.73°MīnaRevatī P1
बुध Budha267.20°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati231.25°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra227.81°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani259.28°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:14 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:48 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:25 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:35 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 34 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 25 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:58 – 06:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:26 – 07:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta16:36 – 17:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:48 – 17:12
Amṛta Kāla16:33 – 18:18
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:38 – 10:49
Yamaganda13:13 – 14:25
Gulika Kāla07:14 – 08:26
Varjyam07:38 – 07:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:14 – 08:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:26 – 09:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:38 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:49 – 12:01 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:01 – 13:13 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:13 – 14:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:25 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:36 – 16:48 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:48 – 18:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:36 – 20:25 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:25 – 22:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:13 – 00:01 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:01 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:49 – 03:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:38 – 05:26 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:26 – 07:14 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5120 · Kali-5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870037.27 · 5120.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458502.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1191° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)150.42° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (24.1191°) · declination -20.43° · EoT -10.66 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:2019-01-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)