पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 16, 1986 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 16.4 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च।अज्ञानं चाभिजातस्य पार्थ सम्पदमासुरीम्।।16.4।।
"16.4 Hypocrisy, pride, insolence, cruelty, ignorance belong to him who is born of the godless qualities." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2043 Pramāthi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1908 Akṣaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1393
Malayalam Era: 1162
Nanakshahi: 517
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya149.22°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra301.51°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala265.48°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha158.08°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati324.32°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra193.68°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani220.31°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:30 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:59 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:39 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:09 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 29 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 30 Mins 46 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:50 – 04:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:28 – 05:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:47 – 18:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:59 – 18:30
Amṛta Kāla17:44 – 19:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:10

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:52 – 16:26
Yamaganda08:37 – 10:11
Gulika Kāla11:45 – 13:18
Varjyam06:01 – 06:21
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:50

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:30 – 07:04 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:04 – 08:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:37 – 10:11 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:11 – 11:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:45 – 13:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:18 – 14:52 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:52 – 16:26 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:26 – 17:59 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:59 – 19:26 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:26 – 20:52 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:52 – 22:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:18 – 23:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:45 – 01:11 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:11 – 02:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:37 – 04:04 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:04 – 05:30 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5088 · Kali-5088
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1858224.27 · 5087.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2446689.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6673° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)153.58° · 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 (23.6673°) · declination 2.82° · EoT 5.87 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:1986-09-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)