पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 17, 2066 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: सीताष्टमी — Sītāṣṭamī
Birth-anniversary of Sītā per Phālguna-Kṛṣṇa-Aṣṭamī tradition.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.23 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यदि ह्यहं न वर्तेयं जातु कर्मण्यतन्द्रितः।

मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः।।3.23।।
"3.23 For were I not to act without ceasing, O prince, people would be glad to do likewise." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2123 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1988 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1473
Malayalam Era: 1242
Nanakshahi: 597
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya303.90°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra207.73°TulāViśākhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala3.61°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha318.30°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati223.86°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शुक्र Śukra315.96°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani118.26°KarkaAśleṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:44 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:26 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:46 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:34 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 41 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 18 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:18 – 06:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:51 – 06:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:52 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:14 – 17:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:26 – 17:53
Amṛta Kāla17:11 – 18:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:05 – 13:25
Yamaganda08:04 – 09:25
Gulika Kāla10:45 – 12:05
Varjyam07:11 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:14 – 09:35

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:44 – 08:04 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:04 – 09:25 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:25 – 10:45 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:45 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:05 – 13:25 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:25 – 14:45 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:45 – 16:06 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:06 – 17:26 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:26 – 19:06 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:06 – 20:45 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:45 – 22:25 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:25 – 00:05 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:05 – 01:45 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:45 – 03:25 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:25 – 05:04 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:04 – 06:44 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

🌌 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 Year5167 · Kali-5167
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1887233.27 · 5167.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2475698.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.7768° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)264.50° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (24.7768°) · declination -11.93° · EoT -14.49 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:2066-02-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)