पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 5, 1972 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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🪷 आज: दीपावली — Dīpāvalī (Diwali)
Lakshmi-Pūjā night; festival of lights; Rāma's return to Ayodhyā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.5 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga🪷 Paśya Me Pārtha Rūpāṇi · Behold My Forms
श्री भगवानुवाच

पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः।

नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च।।11.5।।
"11.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Behold, O Arjuna! My celestial forms, by hundred and thousands, various in kind, in colour and in shape." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2029 Krodhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1894 Paridhāvi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1379
Malayalam Era: 1148
Nanakshahi: 503
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya199.25°TulāSvātī P4
चन्द्र Candra188.20°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala179.73°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha222.99°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati252.77°DhanuMūla P4
शुक्र Śukra163.12°KanyāHasta P1
शनि Śani56.45°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:28 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:41 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:31 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:09 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 13 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 46 Mins 50 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:06 – 05:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:37 – 06:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:16 – 13:57
Godhūli Muhūrta16:29 – 16:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:41 – 17:06
Amṛta Kāla16:26 – 18:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:24 – 16:41
Yamaganda11:34 – 12:51
Gulika Kāla14:08 – 15:24
Varjyam06:53 – 07:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:11

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:28 – 07:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:44 – 09:01 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:01 – 10:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:18 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:34 – 12:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:51 – 14:08 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:08 – 15:24 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:24 – 16:41 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:41 – 18:24 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:24 – 20:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:08 – 21:51 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:51 – 23:34 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:34 – 01:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:18 – 03:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:01 – 04:44 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:44 – 06:28 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Svātī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

🌌 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 Year5074 · Kali-5074
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1853161.27 · 5073.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2441626.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4737° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)349.25° · 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 (23.4737°) · declination -15.65° · EoT 16.26 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:1972-11-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)