पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 7, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: ओणम् (वामन-बलि स्मरण) — Onam (Vāmana / King Bali)
Kerala festival; King Bali's annual return to Kerala. Aligned with Thiru-Onam (Śravaṇa nakshatra in Bhādrapada).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.41 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां च परंतप।कर्माणि प्रविभक्तानि स्वभावप्रभवैर्गुणैः।।18.41।।
"18.41 O Arjuna! The duties of spiritual teachers, the soldiers, the traders and the servants have all been fixed according to the dominant Quality in their nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada 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 Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya110.45°KarkaAśleṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra293.29°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala294.74°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha136.20°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati214.15°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शुक्र Śukra105.15°KarkaPuṣya P4
शनि Śani41.83°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:49 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:03 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:03 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:12 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 14 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 45 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:55 – 03:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:38 – 04:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:51 – 19:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:03 – 19:39
Amṛta Kāla18:48 – 20:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:22 – 10:09
Yamaganda13:43 – 15:30
Gulika Kāla04:49 – 06:36
Varjyam05:24 – 05:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:08 – 08:37

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:49 – 06:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:36 – 08:22 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:22 – 10:09 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:09 – 11:56 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:56 – 13:43 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:43 – 15:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:30 – 17:16 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:16 – 19:03 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:03 – 20:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:16 – 21:30 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:30 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:43 – 23:56 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:56 – 01:09 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:09 – 02:22 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:22 – 03:36 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:36 – 04:49 (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 Year5073 · Kali-5073
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1852705.27 · 5072.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2441170.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4562° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)181.60° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.4562°) · declination 16.65° · EoT -5.48 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:1971-08-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)