पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 12, 1950 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: मासिक शिवरात्रि — Māsika Śivarātri
Monthly Śiva observance.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.9 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अन्ये च बहवः शूरा मदर्थे त्यक्तजीविताः।

नानाशस्त्रप्रहरणाः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः।।1.9।।
"1.9 And many others, all ready to die for my sake; all armed, all skilled in war." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2007 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1872 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1357
Malayalam Era: 1126
Nanakshahi: 481
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya115.60°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra95.42°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala188.33°TulāSvātī P1
बुध Budha141.95°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati312.05°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra92.00°KarkaPunarvasu P4
शनि Śani145.50°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:54 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:56 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:13 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:56 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 02 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 57 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:02 – 03:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:44 – 04:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:44 – 19:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:56 – 19:32
Amṛta Kāla18:41 – 20:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:25 – 10:10
Yamaganda13:41 – 15:26
Gulika Kāla04:54 – 06:39
Varjyam05:29 – 05:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:11 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:54 – 06:39 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:39 – 08:25 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:25 – 10:10 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:10 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:55 – 13:41 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:41 – 15:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:26 – 17:11 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:11 – 18:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:56 – 20:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:11 – 21:26 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:26 – 22:41 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:41 – 23:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:55 – 01:10 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:10 – 02:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:25 – 03:39 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:39 – 04:54 (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 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 Year5052 · Kali-5052
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1845040.27 · 5051.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2433505.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1631° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)338.93° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.1631°) · declination 15.20° · EoT -4.74 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:1950-08-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)