पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 13, 2068 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 12.2 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचमय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते।श्रद्धया परयोपेतास्ते मे युक्ततमा मताः।।12.2।।
"12.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Those who keep their minds fixed on Me, who worship Me always with unwavering faith and concentration; these are the very best." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2125 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1990 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1475
Malayalam Era: 1244
Nanakshahi: 599
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya237.03°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra107.34°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala212.23°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
बुध Budha254.02°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati289.29°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शुक्र Śukra214.86°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शनि Śani160.46°KanyāHasta P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:11 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:20 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:59 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:14 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 09 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 50 Mins 09 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:57 – 06:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:25 – 07:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:04
Vijaya Muhūrta13:17 – 13:54
Godhūli Muhūrta16:08 – 16:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:20 – 16:43
Amṛta Kāla16:05 – 17:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:04

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:54 – 14:03
Yamaganda07:11 – 08:19
Gulika Kāla09:28 – 10:37
Varjyam07:33 – 07:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:37

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:11 – 08:19 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:19 – 09:28 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:28 – 10:37 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:37 – 11:45 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:45 – 12:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:54 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:03 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:12 – 16:20 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:20 – 18:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:12 – 20:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:03 – 21:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:54 – 23:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:45 – 01:37 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:37 – 03:28 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:28 – 05:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:19 – 07:11 (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 Year5170 · Kali-5170
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1888263.27 · 5169.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2476728.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.8162° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)231.13° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (24.8162°) · declination -23.19° · EoT 5.09 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:2068-12-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)