पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 4, 2042 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.3 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
त्याज्यं दोषवदित्येके कर्म प्राहुर्मनीषिणः।

यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यमिति चापरे।।18.3।।
"18.3 Some philosophers say that all action is evil and should be abandoned. Others that acts of sacrifice, benevolence and austerity should not be given up." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha (Adhika) Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2099 Yuva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1964 Dundubhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1449
Malayalam Era: 1218
Nanakshahi: 573
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya77.80°MithunaĀrdrā P4
चन्द्र Candra266.59°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala143.10°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha67.03°MithunaĀrdrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.12°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra119.46°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani184.60°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:20 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:29 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:50 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:09 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 08 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 51 Mins 40 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:19 – 03:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:05 – 04:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta19:17 – 19:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:29 – 20:07
Amṛta Kāla19:14 – 20:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:01 – 11:55
Yamaganda15:42 – 17:35
Gulika Kāla06:14 – 08:07
Varjyam04:58 – 05:22
Dur Muhūrta 07:52 – 08:23

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:20 – 06:14 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:14 – 08:07 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:07 – 10:01 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:01 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:55 – 13:48 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:48 – 15:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:42 – 17:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:35 – 19:29 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:29 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:35 – 21:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:42 – 22:48 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:48 – 23:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:55 – 01:01 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:01 – 02:07 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:07 – 03:14 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:14 – 04:20 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5144 · Kali-5144
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1878604.27 · 5143.4 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2467069.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.4468° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)187.95° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (24.4468°) · declination 22.87° · EoT -4.02 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:2042-07-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)