पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 25, 1997 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.10 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
योगी युञ्जीत सततमात्मानं रहसि स्थितः।

एकाकी यतचित्तात्मा निराशीरपरिग्रहः।।6.10।।
"6.10 Let the student of spirituality try unceasingly to concentrate his mind; Let him live in seclusion, absolutely alone, with mind and personality controlled, free from desire and without possessions." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya11.07°MeṣaAśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra216.89°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala142.96°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha11.94°MeṣaAśvinī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati294.99°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra16.91°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शनि Śani349.53°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:55 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:42 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:46 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:18 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 46 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 13 Mins 52 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:05 – 04:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:47 – 04:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta18:30 – 18:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:42 – 19:16
Amṛta Kāla18:27 – 20:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:05 – 11:49
Yamaganda15:15 – 16:58
Gulika Kāla06:39 – 08:22
Varjyam05:30 – 05:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:08 – 08:36

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:55 – 06:39 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:39 – 08:22 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:22 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:05 – 11:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:49 – 13:32 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:32 – 15:15 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:15 – 16:58 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:58 – 18:42 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:42 – 19:58 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:58 – 21:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:15 – 22:32 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:32 – 23:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:49 – 01:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:05 – 02:22 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:22 – 03:39 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:39 – 04:55 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862098.27 · 5098.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450563.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8155° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)206.55° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (23.8155°) · declination 13.15° · EoT 1.98 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:1997-04-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)