पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 7, 1996 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: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.13 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः।

सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत्।।1.13।।
"1.13 And immediately all the conches and drums, the trumpets and horns, blared forth in tumultuous uproar." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya140.89°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra75.99°MithunaĀrdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala94.49°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha159.55°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.10°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra96.02°KarkaPuṣya P1
शनि Śani341.60°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:22 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:14 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:55 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:02 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 52 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 07 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:39 – 04:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:17 – 05:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta18:02 – 18:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:14 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla17:59 – 19:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 00:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:35 – 10:11
Yamaganda13:25 – 15:01
Gulika Kāla05:22 – 06:58
Varjyam05:54 – 06:15
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:48

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:22 – 06:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:58 – 08:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:35 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:11 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:48 – 13:25 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:25 – 15:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:01 – 16:38 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:38 – 18:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:14 – 19:38 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:38 – 21:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:01 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:25 – 23:48 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:48 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:11 – 02:35 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:35 – 03:58 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:58 – 05:22 (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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861868.27 · 5097.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450333.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8067° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)292.99° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 25/30)
🪷 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 (23.8067°) · declination 6.02° · EoT 2.56 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:1996-09-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)