पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 27, 1994 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 any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.19 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञानं कर्म च कर्ता च त्रिधैव गुणभेदतः।प्रोच्यते गुणसंख्याने यथावच्छृणु तान्यपि।।18.19।।
"18.19 The knowledge, the act and the doer differ according to the Qualities. Listen to this too:" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2051 Sarvajit
Śaka Saṁvat: 1916 Bhāva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1401
Malayalam Era: 1170
Nanakshahi: 525
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya100.02°KarkaPuṣya P3
चन्द्र Candra331.31°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala52.44°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
बुध Budha82.95°MithunaPunarvasu P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati191.99°TulāSvātī P2
शुक्र Śukra143.87°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani317.66°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:38 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:15 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:26 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:18 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 36 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 23 Mins 35 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:42 – 03:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:25 – 04:38
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta19:03 – 19:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:15 – 19:51
Amṛta Kāla19:00 – 20:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:57 – 13:46
Yamaganda06:28 – 08:18
Gulika Kāla10:07 – 11:57
Varjyam05:15 – 05:38
Dur Muhūrta 08:03 – 08:32

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:38 – 06:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:28 – 08:18 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:18 – 10:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:07 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:57 – 13:46 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:46 – 15:36 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:36 – 17:25 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:25 – 19:15 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:15 – 20:25 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:25 – 21:36 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:36 – 22:46 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:46 – 23:57 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:57 – 01:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:07 – 02:18 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:18 – 03:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:28 – 04:38 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5096 · Kali-5096
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861095.27 · 5095.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449560.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7771° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)232.57° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (23.7771°) · declination 19.30° · EoT -6.18 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:1994-07-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)