पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 5, 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: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.23 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं

महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम्।

बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं

दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाऽहम्।।11.23।।
"11.23 Seeing Thy stupendous Form, O Most Mighty, with its myriad faces, its innumerable eyes and limbs and terrible jaws, I myself and all the worlds are overwhelmed with awe." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.23'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 Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya198.84°TulāSvātī P4
चन्द्र Candra253.08°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala243.06°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha212.13°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati289.52°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शुक्र Śukra245.94°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani351.11°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:28 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:41 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:38 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:44 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 13 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 46 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:06 – 05:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:36 – 06:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:16 – 13:57
Godhūli Muhūrta16:29 – 16:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:41 – 17:06
Amṛta Kāla16:26 – 18:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:34 – 12:51
Yamaganda07:44 – 09:01
Gulika Kāla10:18 – 11:34
Varjyam06:53 – 07:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:11

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:28 – 07:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:44 – 09:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:01 – 10:18 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:18 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:34 – 12:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:51 – 14:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:08 – 15:24 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:24 – 16:41 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:41 – 18:24 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:24 – 20:08 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:08 – 21:51 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:51 – 23:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:34 – 01:18 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:18 – 03:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:01 – 04:44 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:44 – 06:28 (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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862292.27 · 5098.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450757.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8229° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)56.14° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (23.8229°) · declination -15.64° · EoT 16.26 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:1997-11-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)