पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 3, 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.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.26 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
मुक्तसङ्गोऽनहंवादी धृत्युत्साहसमन्वितः।सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योर्निर्विकारः कर्ता सात्त्विक उच्यते।।18.26।।
"18.26 But when a man has no sentiment and no personal vanity, when he possesses courage and confidence, cares not whether he succeeds or fails, then his action arises from Purity." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.26'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 Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya106.72°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra55.26°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala57.19°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
बुध Budha95.89°KarkaPuṣya P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati192.56°TulāSvātī P2
शुक्र Śukra151.44°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani317.27°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:45 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:07 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:57 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:04 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 22 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 37 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:50 – 03:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:34 – 04:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta18:55 – 19:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:07 – 19:43
Amṛta Kāla18:52 – 20:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:56 – 13:44
Yamaganda06:33 – 08:21
Gulika Kāla10:09 – 11:56
Varjyam05:21 – 05:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:07 – 08:35

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:45 – 06:33 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:33 – 08:21 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:21 – 10:09 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:09 – 11:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:56 – 13:44 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:44 – 15:32 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:32 – 17:20 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:20 – 19:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:07 – 20:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:20 – 21:32 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:32 – 22:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:44 – 23:56 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:56 – 01:09 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:09 – 02:21 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:21 – 03:33 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:33 – 04:45 (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)1861102.27 · 5095.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449567.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7774° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)308.29° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.7774°) · declination 17.61° · EoT -5.88 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:1994-08-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)