पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 10, 1975 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: मासिक शिवरात्रि — Māsika Śivarātri
Monthly Śiva observance.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.9 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः।आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः।।17.9।।
"17.9 Those in whom Passion is dominant like foods that are bitter, sour, salty, over-hot, pungent, dry and burning. These produce unhappiness, repentance and disease." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2032 Vibhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1897 Rākṣasa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1382
Malayalam Era: 1151
Nanakshahi: 506
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya356.05°MīnaRevatī P3
चन्द्र Candra337.65°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala305.49°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha347.01°MīnaRevatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati341.98°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra32.24°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
शनि Śani79.20°MithunaĀrdrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:20 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:24 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:34 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:43 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 04 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 55 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:35 – 04:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:15 – 05:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta18:12 – 18:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:24 – 18:57
Amṛta Kāla18:09 – 19:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:18

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:30 – 15:08
Yamaganda05:20 – 06:58
Gulika Kāla08:36 – 10:14
Varjyam05:53 – 06:14
Dur Muhūrta 08:23 – 08:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:20 – 06:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:58 – 08:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:36 – 10:14 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:14 – 11:52 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:52 – 13:30 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:30 – 15:08 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:08 – 16:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:46 – 18:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:24 – 19:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:46 – 21:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:08 – 22:30 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:30 – 23:52 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:52 – 01:14 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:14 – 02:36 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:36 – 03:58 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:58 – 05:20 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5076 · Kali-5076
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1854047.27 · 5076.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2442512.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5076° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)340.70° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.5076°) · declination 7.65° · EoT -1.61 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:1975-04-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)