पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 28, 1989 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: नरक चतुर्दशी — Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī)
Krishna slew Narakāsura, freeing 16,000 captive princesses. Day 2 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.1 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम।

अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते।।8.1।।
"8.1 "Arjuna asked: O Lord of Lords! What is that which men call the Supreme Spirit, what is man's Spiritual Nature, and what is the Law? What is Matter and what is Divinity?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2046 Citrabhānu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1911 Śukla
Bengali Saṁvat: 1396
Malayalam Era: 1165
Nanakshahi: 520
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya190.89°TulāSvātī P2
चन्द्र Candra173.52°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala181.59°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha182.11°TulāCitrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati77.38°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra237.72°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani255.09°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:17 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:51 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:46 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:03 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 33 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 26 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:53 – 05:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:25 – 06:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:20 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta16:39 – 17:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:51 – 17:17
Amṛta Kāla16:36 – 18:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:56 – 10:15
Yamaganda12:53 – 14:12
Gulika Kāla06:17 – 07:37
Varjyam06:44 – 07:01
Dur Muhūrta 08:45 – 09:06

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:17 – 07:37 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:37 – 08:56 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:56 – 10:15 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:15 – 11:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:34 – 12:53 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:53 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:12 – 15:32 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:32 – 16:51 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:51 – 18:32 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:32 – 20:12 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:12 – 21:53 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:53 – 23:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:34 – 01:15 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:15 – 02:56 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:56 – 04:37 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:37 – 06:17 (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 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 Year5091 · Kali-5091
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1859362.27 · 5090.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2447827.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7108° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)342.35° · 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 (23.7108°) · declination -13.05° · EoT 16.40 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:1989-10-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)