पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 28, 1995 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: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.31 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
क्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं निगच्छति।

कौन्तेय प्रतिजानीहि न मे भक्तः प्रणश्यति।।9.31।।
"9.31 He shall attain spirituality ere long, and Eternal Peace shall be his. O Arjuna! Believe me, My devotee is never lost." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2052 Sarvadhāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1917 Yuva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1402
Malayalam Era: 1171
Nanakshahi: 526
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya160.66°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra203.49°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala200.26°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha174.84°KanyāCitrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati226.36°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शुक्र Śukra171.01°KanyāHasta P4
शनि Śani326.49°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:42 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:38 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:32 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:31 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 45 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:07 – 04:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:42
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 12:04
Vijaya Muhūrta13:40 – 14:27
Godhūli Muhūrta17:26 – 17:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:38 – 18:08
Amṛta Kāla17:23 – 19:08
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 00:04

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:10 – 14:39
Yamaganda05:42 – 07:12
Gulika Kāla08:41 – 10:11
Varjyam06:12 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:29 – 08:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:42 – 07:12 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:12 – 08:41 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:41 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:11 – 11:40 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:40 – 13:10 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:10 – 14:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:39 – 16:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:09 – 17:38 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:38 – 19:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:09 – 20:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:39 – 22:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:10 – 23:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:40 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:11 – 02:41 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:41 – 04:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:12 – 05:42 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturthī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

🌌 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 Year5097 · Kali-5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861523.27 · 5096.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449988.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7935° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)41.76° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.7935°) · declination -1.77° · EoT 10.18 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:1995-09-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)