पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 2, 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
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🪷 आज: भ्रातृ द्वितीया — Bhāi Dūja / Bhrātṛ Dvitīyā
Yamunā's reception of brother Yama; sisters welcome brothers. Day 5 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.20 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
द्यावापृथिव्योरिदमन्तरं हि

व्याप्तं त्वयैकेन दिशश्च सर्वाः।

दृष्ट्वाऽद्भुतं रूपमुग्रं तवेदं

लोकत्रयं प्रव्यथितं महात्मन्।।11.20।।
"11.20 Alone thou fillest all the quarters of the sky, earth and heaven, and the regions between. O Almighty Lord! Seeing Thy marvellous and awe-inspiring Form, the spheres tremble with fear." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya195.83°TulāSvātī P3
चन्द्र Candra214.40°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala240.82°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha207.56°TulāViśākhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati289.27°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शुक्र Śukra242.89°DhanuMūla P1
शनि Śani351.31°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:24 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:44 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:00 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:37 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 20 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 39 Mins 22 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:01 – 05:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:32 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:18 – 13:59
Godhūli Muhūrta16:32 – 16:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:44 – 17:10
Amṛta Kāla16:29 – 18:14
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:27 – 16:44
Yamaganda11:34 – 12:52
Gulika Kāla14:09 – 15:27
Varjyam06:50 – 07:06
Dur Muhūrta 08:49 – 09:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Udveg06:24 – 07:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:41 – 08:59 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:59 – 10:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:17 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:34 – 12:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:52 – 14:09 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:09 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:27 – 16:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:44 – 18:27 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:27 – 20:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:09 – 21:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:52 – 23:34 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:34 – 01:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:17 – 02:59 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:59 – 04:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:41 – 06:24 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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)1862289.27 · 5098.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450754.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8228° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)19.54° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.8228°) · declination -14.70° · EoT 16.42 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:1997-11-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)