पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 1, 1960 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: पाशाङ्कुशा एकादशी — Pāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
Confers strength + wealth + son; equivalent to 1000 Aśvamedha-yajñas.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.3 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति।

निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते।।5.3।।
"5.3 He is a true ascetic who never desires or dislikes, who is uninfluenced by the opposites and is easily freed from bondage." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2017 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1882 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1367
Malayalam Era: 1136
Nanakshahi: 491
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya164.56°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra294.23°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala72.13°MithunaĀrdrā P2
बुध Budha186.26°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati243.77°DhanuMūla P2
शुक्र Śukra191.96°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani259.29°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:46 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:33 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:39 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:13 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:24 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 46 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 13 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:12 – 04:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:47 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 12:03
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:24
Godhūli Muhūrta17:21 – 17:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:33 – 18:02
Amṛta Kāla17:18 – 19:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 00:03

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:43 – 10:11
Yamaganda13:08 – 14:36
Gulika Kāla05:46 – 07:14
Varjyam06:16 – 06:34
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 08:54

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:46 – 07:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:14 – 08:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:43 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:11 – 11:39 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:39 – 13:08 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:08 – 14:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:36 – 16:04 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:04 – 17:33 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:33 – 19:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:04 – 20:36 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:36 – 22:08 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:08 – 23:39 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:39 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:11 – 02:43 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:43 – 04:14 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:14 – 05:46 (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 Year5062 · Kali-5062
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1848743.27 · 5061.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2437208.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.3047° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)130.92° · 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 (23.3047°) · declination -3.12° · EoT 11.17 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:1960-10-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)