पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 17, 2046 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 18.14 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम्।विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम्।।18.14।।
"18.14 They are a body, a personality, physical organs, their manifold activity and destiny." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2103 Pramāthi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1968 Akṣaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1453
Malayalam Era: 1222
Nanakshahi: 577
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya31.83°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
चन्द्र Candra170.14°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala173.79°KanyāCitrā P1
बुध Budha39.15°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati344.98°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra352.94°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani236.25°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:28 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:05 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:18 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:42 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 36 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 23 Mins 19 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:32 – 03:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:15 – 04:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:53 – 19:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:05 – 19:42
Amṛta Kāla18:50 – 20:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:36 – 15:26
Yamaganda04:28 – 06:18
Gulika Kāla08:08 – 09:57
Varjyam05:05 – 05:28
Dur Muhūrta 07:53 – 08:22

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical 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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:28 – 06:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:18 – 08:08 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:08 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:57 – 11:47 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:47 – 13:36 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:36 – 15:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:26 – 17:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:16 – 19:05 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:05 – 20:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:16 – 21:26 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:26 – 22:36 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:36 – 23:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:47 – 00:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:57 – 02:08 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:08 – 03:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:18 – 04:28 (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 Year5148 · Kali-5148
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1880017.27 · 5147.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2468482.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.5008° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)140.41° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (24.5008°) · declination 19.33° · EoT 3.72 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:2046-05-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)