पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 1, 2076 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: षट्तिला एकादशी — Ṣaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
Six uses of tila (sesame) on this Ekādaśī confer mokṣa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.40 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

पार्थ नैवेह नामुत्र विनाशस्तस्य विद्यते।

नहि कल्याणकृत्कश्िचद्दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति।।6.40।।
"6.40 Lord Shri Krishna replied: My beloved child! There is no destruction for him, either in this world or in the next. No evil fate awaits him who treads the path of righteousness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2133 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1998 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1483
Malayalam Era: 1252
Nanakshahi: 607
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya287.12°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra233.60°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala162.35°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha262.94°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati168.43°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra329.34°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani240.79°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:04 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:05 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:56 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:05 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 00 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 59 Mins 01 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:44 – 06:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:14 – 07:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:24
Godhūli Muhūrta16:53 – 17:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:05 – 17:30
Amṛta Kāla16:50 – 18:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:34 – 10:49
Yamaganda13:19 – 14:34
Gulika Kāla07:04 – 08:19
Varjyam07:29 – 07:45
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:44

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:04 – 08:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:19 – 09:34 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:34 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:49 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:04 – 13:19 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:19 – 14:34 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:34 – 15:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:50 – 17:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:05 – 18:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:50 – 20:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:34 – 22:19 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:19 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:04 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:49 – 03:34 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:34 – 05:19 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:19 – 07:04 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

🌌 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 Year5177 · Kali-5177
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1890869.27 · 5177.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2479334.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.9159° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)309.15° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (24.9159°) · declination -17.18° · EoT -13.69 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:2076-02-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)