पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 17, 3227 BCE

🪷 आज: महालय अमावस्या — Mahālaya Amāvasyā (Sarvapitṛ Amāvasyā)
Final day of Pitṛ-Pakṣa; tarpaṇa for all ancestors.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.12 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः।

न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम्।।2.12।।
"2.12 There was never a time when I was not, nor thou, nor these princes were not; there will never be a time when we shall cease to be." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3169
Śaka Saṁvat: -3304
Bengali Saṁvat: -3819
Malayalam Era: -4050
Nanakshahi: -4695
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya146.23°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra140.65°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala225.06°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
बुध Budha173.63°KanyāCitrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati171.87°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra157.04°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani267.30°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:20 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:32 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:59 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:09 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 11 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 48 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:19 – 03:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:04 – 04:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:29
Godhūli Muhūrta19:20 – 19:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:32 – 20:10
Amṛta Kāla19:17 – 21:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:27

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:02 – 11:56
Yamaganda15:44 – 17:38
Gulika Kāla06:14 – 08:08
Varjyam04:58 – 05:23
Dur Muhūrta 07:53 – 08:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:20 – 06:14 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:14 – 08:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:08 – 10:02 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:02 – 11:56 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:56 – 13:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:50 – 15:44 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:44 – 17:38 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:38 – 19:32 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:32 – 20:38 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:38 – 21:44 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:44 – 22:50 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:50 – 23:56 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:56 – 01:02 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:02 – 02:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:08 – 03:14 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:14 – 04:20 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year-124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-45506.73
Julian Day542958.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)-49.1433°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)354.42°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (-49.1433°), declination 23.25°, EoT -5.77 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: -3226-07-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)