पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 16, 1969 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 15.1 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम्।छन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित्।।15.1।।
"15.1 "Lord Shri Krishna continued: This phenomenal creation, which is both ephemeral and eternal, is like a tree, but having its seed above in the Highest and its ramifications on this earth below. The scriptures are its leaves, and he who understands this, knows." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2026 Dundubhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1891 Saumya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1376
Malayalam Era: 1145
Nanakshahi: 500
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Kṛttikā Pada 1 |
| योग (Yoga) | Śobhana |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Nāga |
| वार (Vāra) | Śukravāra (Friday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 31.58° | Vṛṣabha | Kṛttikā P2 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 28.07° | Meṣa | Kṛttikā P1 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 231.60° | Vṛścika | Jyeṣṭhā P2 |
| बुध Budha | 49.10° | Vṛṣabha | Rohiṇī P3 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 153.33° | Kanyā | Uttara Phalgunī P2 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 352.05° | Mīna | Revatī P2 |
| शनि Śani | 9.08° | Meṣa | Aśvinī P3 |
☀️ Chicago, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 04:30 UTC-6 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 19:04 UTC-6 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:47 UTC-6 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 04:21 UTC-6 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 18:45 UTC-6 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 14 Hours 33 Mins 58 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 9 Hours 26 Mins 02 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 02:33 – 03:32 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 03:17 – 04:30 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:18 – 12:16 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 14:12 – 15:11 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 18:52 – 19:16 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 19:04 – 19:40 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 18:49 – 20:34 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:18 – 00:16 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 09:58 – 11:47 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 15:25 – 17:15 |
| Gulika Kāla | 06:19 – 08:08 |
| Varjyam | 05:06 – 05:30 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 07:54 – 08:23 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Chala | 04:30 – 06:19 (neutral) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Labha | 06:19 – 08:08 (auspicious) |
| Day-3 Amṛta | 08:08 – 09:58 (auspicious) |
| Day-4 Kāla | 09:58 – 11:47 (inauspicious) |
| Day-5 Śubha | 11:47 – 13:36 (auspicious) |
| Day-6 Roga | 13:36 – 15:25 (inauspicious) |
| Day-7 Udveg | 15:25 – 17:15 (inauspicious) |
| Day-8 Chala | 17:15 – 19:04 (neutral) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Roga | 19:04 – 20:15 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Udveg | 20:15 – 21:25 (inauspicious) |
| Night-3 Chala | 21:25 – 22:36 (neutral) |
| Night-4 Labha | 22:36 – 23:47 (auspicious) |
| Night-5 Amṛta | 23:47 – 00:58 (auspicious) |
| Night-6 Kāla | 00:58 – 02:08 (inauspicious) |
| Night-7 Śubha | 02:08 – 03:19 (auspicious) |
| Night-8 Roga | 03:19 – 04:30 (inauspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-10-20 — Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)
-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)
🌌 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 Year | 5071 · Kali-5071 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1851892.27 · 5070.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2440357.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.4251° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 358.02° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30) |
🪷 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 (23.4251°) · declination 19.01° · EoT 3.74 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:1969-05-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)