पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 9, 2081 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 3.36 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः।

अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।
"3.36 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Tell me, what is it that drives a man to sin, even against his will and as if by compulsion?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2138 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 2003 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1488
Malayalam Era: 1257
Nanakshahi: 612
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya82.57°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra114.08°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala92.53°KarkaPunarvasu P4
बुध Budha69.03°MithunaĀrdrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati332.13°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra41.99°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शनि Śani300.94°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:24 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:27 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:02 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:01 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 02 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 57 Mins 06 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:24 – 03:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:09 – 04:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta19:15 – 19:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:27 – 20:04
Amṛta Kāla19:12 – 20:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:55 – 13:48
Yamaganda06:17 – 08:10
Gulika Kāla10:02 – 11:55
Varjyam05:02 – 05:26
Dur Muhūrta 07:55 – 08:25

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:24 – 06:17 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:17 – 08:10 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:10 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:02 – 11:55 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:55 – 13:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:48 – 15:41 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:41 – 17:34 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:34 – 19:27 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:27 – 20:34 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:34 – 21:41 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:41 – 22:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:48 – 23:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:55 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:02 – 02:10 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:10 – 03:17 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:17 – 04:24 (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 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 Year5183 · Kali-5183
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1892854.27 · 5182.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2481319.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.9918° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)29.14° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (24.9918°) · declination 22.28° · EoT -4.83 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:2081-07-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)