पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 2, 1979 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: प्रदोष व्रत — Pradoṣa Vrata
Twilight worship of Śiva on Trayodaśī.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.6 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्वरोऽपि सन्।

प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय संभवाम्यात्ममायया।।4.6।।
"4.6 have no beginning. Though I am imperishable, as well as Lord of all that exists, yet by My own will and power do I manifest Myself." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2036 Aṅgirasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1901 Siddhārthī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1386
Malayalam Era: 1155
Nanakshahi: 510
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya195.45°TulāSvātī P3
चन्द्र Candra345.58°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala118.08°KarkaAśleṣā P4
बुध Budha219.37°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati132.06°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शुक्र Śukra213.68°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शनि Śani149.62°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:23 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:45 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:18 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:51 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 22 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 37 Mins 47 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:31 – 06:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:18 – 13:59
Godhūli Muhūrta16:33 – 16:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:45 – 17:11
Amṛta Kāla16:30 – 18:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:16 – 11:34
Yamaganda14:10 – 15:27
Gulika Kāla07:41 – 08:59
Varjyam06:49 – 07:06
Dur Muhūrta 08:48 – 09:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:23 – 07:41 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:41 – 08:59 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:59 – 10:16 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:16 – 11:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:34 – 12:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:52 – 14:10 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:10 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:27 – 16:45 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:45 – 18:27 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:27 – 20:10 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:10 – 21:52 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:52 – 23:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:34 – 01:16 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:16 – 02:59 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:59 – 04:41 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:41 – 06:23 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5081 · Kali-5081
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855714.27 · 5080.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444179.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5713° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)152.36° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.5713°) · declination -14.50° · EoT 16.42 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:1979-11-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)