पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 29, 1976 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: वट सावित्री अमावस्या — Vaṭa Sāvitrī Amāvasyā
Sāvitrī's redemption of Satyavān from Yama; pati-vrata observance.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.8 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अभ्यासयोगयुक्तेन चेतसा नान्यगामिना।

परमं पुरुषं दिव्यं याति पार्थानुचिन्तयन्।।8.8।।
"8.8 He whose mind does not wander, and who is engaged in constant meditation, attains the Supreme Spirit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2033 Śukla
Śaka Saṁvat: 1898 Nala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1383
Malayalam Era: 1152
Nanakshahi: 507
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya44.27°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra43.93°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala103.94°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha32.26°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati21.46°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra39.15°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
शनि Śani95.77°KarkaPuṣya P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:19 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:16 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:20 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:13 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 56 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 03 Mins 16 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:20 – 03:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:05 – 04:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta19:04 – 19:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:16 – 19:53
Amṛta Kāla19:01 – 20:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:18

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:04 – 09:56
Yamaganda13:40 – 15:32
Gulika Kāla04:19 – 06:11
Varjyam04:57 – 05:21
Dur Muhūrta 07:49 – 08:19

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:19 – 06:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:11 – 08:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:04 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:56 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:48 – 13:40 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:40 – 15:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:32 – 17:24 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:24 – 19:16 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:16 – 20:24 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:24 – 21:32 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:32 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:40 – 23:48 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:48 – 00:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:56 – 02:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:04 – 03:11 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:11 – 04:19 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)
-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 Year5078 · Kali-5078
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1854462.27 · 5077.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2442927.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5234° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)359.92° · 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 (23.5234°) · declination 21.61° · EoT 2.77 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:1976-05-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)