पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 3, 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: महालय अमावस्या — Mahālaya Amāvasyā (Sarvapitṛ Amāvasyā)
Final day of Pitṛ-Pakṣa; tarpaṇa for all ancestors.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.21 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः।कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत्।।16.21।।
"16.21 The gates of hell are three: lust, wrath and avarice. They destroy the Self. Avoid them." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2043 Pramāthi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1908 Akṣaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1393
Malayalam Era: 1162
Nanakshahi: 517
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya165.87°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra156.31°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala273.31°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha185.04°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati322.23°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra204.18°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani221.53°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:48 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:30 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:39 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:57 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:04 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 41 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 18 Mins 11 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:14 – 05:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:49 – 05:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 12:02
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta17:18 – 17:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:30 – 17:59
Amṛta Kāla17:15 – 19:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 00:02

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:11 – 11:39
Yamaganda14:34 – 16:02
Gulika Kāla07:16 – 08:43
Varjyam06:17 – 06:36
Dur Muhūrta 08:32 – 08:55

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:48 – 07:16 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:16 – 08:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:43 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:11 – 11:39 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:39 – 13:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:06 – 14:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:34 – 16:02 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:02 – 17:30 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:30 – 19:02 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:02 – 20:34 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:34 – 22:06 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:06 – 23:39 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:39 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:11 – 02:43 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:43 – 04:16 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:16 – 05:48 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Uttara Phalgunī 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 Year5088 · Kali-5088
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1858241.27 · 5087.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2446706.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6680° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)349.40° · 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 (23.6680°) · declination -3.78° · EoT 11.79 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:1986-10-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)