पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 9, 2043 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 2.67 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनुविधीयते।

तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि।।2.67।।
"2.67 As a ship at sea is tossed by the tempest, so the reason is carried away by the mind when preyed upon by straying senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.67's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2100 Dhātṛ
Śaka Saṁvat: 1965 Rudhirodgāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1450
Malayalam Era: 1219
Nanakshahi: 574
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya264.19°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra237.74°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala273.30°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha250.84°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati236.33°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra216.97°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani201.29°TulāViśākhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:37 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:39 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:45 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 19 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 40 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:03 – 06:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:31 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta13:31 – 14:08
Godhūli Muhūrta16:25 – 16:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:37 – 17:01
Amṛta Kāla16:22 – 18:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:48 – 11:58
Yamaganda14:17 – 15:27
Gulika Kāla08:28 – 09:38
Varjyam07:41 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:18 – 08:28 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:28 – 09:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:38 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:48 – 11:58 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:58 – 13:08 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:08 – 14:17 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:17 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:27 – 16:37 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:37 – 18:27 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:27 – 20:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:17 – 22:08 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:08 – 23:58 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:58 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:48 – 03:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:38 – 05:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:28 – 07:18 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

🌌 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)1878793.27 · 5144.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2467258.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.4540° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)332.56° · 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 (24.4540°) · declination -22.14° · EoT -7.10 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:2043-01-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)