पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 18, 2073 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: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.61 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः।

वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता।।2.61।।
"2.61 Restraining them all, let him meditate steadfastly on Me; for who thus conquers his senses achieves perfection." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.61's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2130 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1995 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1480
Malayalam Era: 1249
Nanakshahi: 604
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya150.89°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra349.11°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala86.11°MithunaPunarvasu P2
बुध Budha175.08°KanyāCitrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati99.99°KarkaPuṣya P2
शुक्र Śukra126.17°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani205.68°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:33 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:54 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:44 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:34 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:20 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 21 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 38 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:55 – 04:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:32 – 05:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:37
Godhūli Muhūrta17:42 – 18:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:54 – 18:25
Amṛta Kāla17:39 – 19:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:06 – 08:39
Yamaganda10:11 – 11:44
Gulika Kāla13:17 – 14:49
Varjyam06:04 – 06:24
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:51

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:33 – 07:06 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:06 – 08:39 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:39 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:11 – 11:44 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:44 – 13:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:17 – 14:49 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:49 – 16:22 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:22 – 17:54 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:54 – 19:22 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:22 – 20:49 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:49 – 22:17 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:17 – 23:44 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:44 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:11 – 02:39 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:39 – 04:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:06 – 05:33 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5175 · Kali-5175
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1890003.27 · 5174.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2478468.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.8827° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)201.09° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (24.8827°) · declination 1.68° · EoT 6.61 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:2073-09-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)