पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 18, 1971 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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Also observed today
- एकादशी · EkādaśīVaishnava
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.21 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान्।वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम्।।18.21।।
"18.21 The knowledge which thinks of the manifold existence in all beings as separate - that comes from Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2028 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1893 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1378
Malayalam Era: 1147
Nanakshahi: 502
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Kṛttikā Pada 4 |
| योग (Yoga) | Gaṇḍa |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Bālava |
| वार (Vāra) | Ravivāra (Sunday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 91.33° | Karka | Punarvasu P4 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 37.78° | Vṛṣabha | Kṛttikā P4 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 298.53° | Makara | Dhaniṣṭhā P2 |
| बुध Budha | 115.97° | Karka | Aśleṣā P3 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 213.95° | Vṛścika | Anurādhā P1 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 80.58° | Mithuna | Punarvasu P1 |
| शनि Śani | 40.13° | Vṛṣabha | Rohiṇī P1 |
☀️ Chicago, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 04:30 UTC-6 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 19:23 UTC-6 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:56 UTC-6 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 01:01 UTC-6 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 15:44 UTC-6 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 14 Hours 52 Mins 48 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 9 Hours 07 Mins 12 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 02:31 – 03:30 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 03:16 – 04:30 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:27 – 12:26 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 14:25 – 15:25 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 19:11 – 19:35 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 19:23 – 20:00 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 19:08 – 20:53 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:27 – 00:26 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 17:31 – 19:23 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 11:56 – 13:48 |
| Gulika Kāla | 15:40 – 17:31 |
| Varjyam | 05:07 – 05:31 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 07:58 – 08:28 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Udveg | 04:30 – 06:22 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Chala | 06:22 – 08:13 (neutral) |
| Day-3 Labha | 08:13 – 10:05 (auspicious) |
| Day-4 Amṛta | 10:05 – 11:56 (auspicious) |
| Day-5 Kāla | 11:56 – 13:48 (inauspicious) |
| Day-6 Śubha | 13:48 – 15:40 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Roga | 15:40 – 17:31 (inauspicious) |
| Day-8 Udveg | 17:31 – 19:23 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Śubha | 19:23 – 20:31 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Roga | 20:31 – 21:40 (inauspicious) |
| Night-3 Udveg | 21:40 – 22:48 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Chala | 22:48 – 23:56 (neutral) |
| Night-5 Labha | 23:56 – 01:05 (auspicious) |
| Night-6 Amṛta | 01:05 – 02:13 (auspicious) |
| Night-7 Kāla | 02:13 – 03:22 (inauspicious) |
| Night-8 Śubha | 03:22 – 04:30 (auspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-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 | 5073 · Kali-5073 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1852685.27 · 5072.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2441150.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.4555° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 306.38° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30) |
🪷 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 (23.4555°) · declination 21.17° · EoT -5.86 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:1971-07-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)