पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 28, 2041 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: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.16 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह यः।

अघायुरिन्द्रियारामो मोघं पार्थ स जीवति।।3.16।।
"3.16 Thus he who does not help the revolving wheel of sacrifice, but instead leads a sinful life, rejoicing in the gratification of his senses, O Arjuna, he breathes in vain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2098 Bhāva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1963 Durmati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1448
Malayalam Era: 1217
Nanakshahi: 572
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya315.39°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra278.31°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala297.04°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha287.85°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati186.66°TulāCitrā P4
शुक्र Śukra341.12°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani178.64°KanyāCitrā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:28 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:40 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:46 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:25 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 12 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 47 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:58 – 05:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:32 – 06:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta17:28 – 17:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:40 – 18:08
Amṛta Kāla17:25 – 19:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:28 – 14:52
Yamaganda06:28 – 07:52
Gulika Kāla09:16 – 10:40
Varjyam06:56 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:27

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:28 – 07:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:52 – 09:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:16 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:40 – 12:04 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:04 – 13:28 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:28 – 14:52 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:52 – 16:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:16 – 17:40 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:40 – 19:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:16 – 20:52 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:52 – 22:28 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:28 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:04 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:40 – 03:16 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:16 – 04:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:52 – 06:28 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1878113.27 · 5142.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2466578.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.4280° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)325.09° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (24.4280°) · declination -7.89° · EoT -13.22 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:2041-02-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)