पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 20, 2040 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: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.21 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान्।वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम्।।18.21।।
"18.21 The knowledge which thinks of the manifold existence in all beings as separate - that comes from Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2097 Śrīmukha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1962 Raudra
Bengali Saṁvat: 1447
Malayalam Era: 1216
Nanakshahi: 571
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya123.23°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra270.15°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala158.52°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha129.49°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati157.66°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra144.68°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani164.24°KanyāHasta P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:04 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:43 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:59 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:23 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 39 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 20 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:15 – 04:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:56 – 05:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta18:31 – 18:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:43 – 19:17
Amṛta Kāla18:28 – 20:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:21

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:46 – 08:29
Yamaganda10:11 – 11:54
Gulika Kāla13:36 – 15:18
Varjyam05:38 – 06:00
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:04 – 06:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:46 – 08:29 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:29 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:11 – 11:54 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:54 – 13:36 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:36 – 15:18 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:18 – 17:01 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:01 – 18:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:43 – 20:01 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:01 – 21:18 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:18 – 22:36 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:36 – 23:54 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:54 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:11 – 02:29 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:29 – 03:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:46 – 05:04 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5142 · Kali-5142
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1877921.27 · 5141.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2466386.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.4206° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)149.18° · 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 (24.4206°) · declination 12.29° · EoT -3.05 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:2040-08-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)