पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 7, 1941 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: मोहिनी एकादशी — Mohinī Ekādaśī
Mohinī-form of Viṣṇu deceived asuras during samudra-mathana for amṛta.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.11 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
देवान्भावयतानेन ते देवा भावयन्तु वः।

परस्परं भावयन्तः श्रेयः परमवाप्स्यथ।।3.11।।
"3.11 Worship the Powers of Nature thereby, and let them nourish you in return; thus supporting each other, you shall attain your highest welfare." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1998 Jaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1863 Vṛṣa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1348
Malayalam Era: 1117
Nanakshahi: 472
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya23.06°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra144.93°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala301.57°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha24.72°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati33.05°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
शुक्र Śukra28.55°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शनि Śani25.10°MeṣaBharaṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:40 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:54 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:34 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:15 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 14 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 45 Mins 50 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:46 – 03:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:29 – 04:40
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta18:42 – 19:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:54 – 19:30
Amṛta Kāla18:39 – 20:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:15

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:47 – 13:34
Yamaganda06:27 – 08:13
Gulika Kāla10:00 – 11:47
Varjyam05:16 – 05:38
Dur Muhūrta 07:59 – 08:28

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:40 – 06:27 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:27 – 08:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:13 – 10:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:00 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:47 – 13:34 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:34 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:21 – 17:07 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:07 – 18:54 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:54 – 20:07 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:07 – 21:21 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:21 – 22:34 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:34 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:47 – 01:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:00 – 02:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:13 – 03:27 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:27 – 04:40 (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 Year5043 · Kali-5043
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1841656.27 · 5042.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2430121.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.0336° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)124.73° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (23.0336°) · declination 16.65° · EoT 3.51 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:1941-05-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)