पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 8, 2056 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.32 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता।सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी।।18.32।।
"18.32 And that which, shrouded in Ignorance, thinks wrong right, and sees everything perversely, O Arjuna, that intellect is ruled by Darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2113 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1978 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1463
Malayalam Era: 1232
Nanakshahi: 587
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.83°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra147.55°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala250.73°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha257.17°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.98°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra228.11°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani338.70°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:36 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:02 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:30 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 17 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 42 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:04 – 06:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:32 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta13:30 – 14:07
Godhūli Muhūrta16:24 – 16:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:36 – 16:59
Amṛta Kāla16:21 – 18:06
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:38 – 10:47
Yamaganda13:07 – 14:17
Gulika Kāla07:18 – 08:28
Varjyam07:42 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:18 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:28 – 09:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:38 – 10:47 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:47 – 11:57 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:57 – 13:07 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:07 – 14:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:17 – 15:26 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:26 – 16:36 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:36 – 18:26 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:26 – 20:17 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:17 – 22:07 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:07 – 23:57 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:57 – 01:47 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:47 – 03:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:38 – 05:28 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:28 – 07:18 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5157 · Kali-5157
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1883540.27 · 5157.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2472005.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.6355° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)244.42° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (24.6355°) · declination -22.30° · EoT -6.70 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:2056-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)