पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 23, 2024 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: प्रदोष व्रत — Pradoṣa Vrata
Twilight worship of Śiva on Trayodaśī.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.36 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः।

सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि।।4.36।।
"4.36 Be thou the greatest of sinners, yet thou shalt cross over all sin by the ferryboat of wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya278.32°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra67.42°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala259.35°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha256.40°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati12.31°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra245.08°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani311.35°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:12 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:53 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:24 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:34 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 41 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 18 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:54 – 06:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:23 – 07:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta13:39 – 14:18
Godhūli Muhūrta16:41 – 17:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:53 – 17:17
Amṛta Kāla16:38 – 18:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:22

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:28 – 15:40
Yamaganda09:37 – 10:50
Gulika Kāla12:02 – 13:15
Varjyam07:36 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:12 – 08:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:24 – 09:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:37 – 10:50 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:50 – 12:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:02 – 13:15 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:15 – 14:28 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:28 – 15:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:40 – 16:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:53 – 18:40 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:40 – 20:28 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:28 – 22:15 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:15 – 00:02 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:02 – 01:50 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:50 – 03:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:37 – 05:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:24 – 07:12 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5125 · Kali-5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871867.27 · 5125.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2460332.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1891° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)148.93° · 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 (24.1891°) · declination -19.60° · EoT -11.81 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:2024-01-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)