पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 27, 1998 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 17.15 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत्।स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते।।17.15।।
"17.15 Speech that hurts no one, that is true, is pleasant to listen to and beneficial, and the constant study of the scriptures - this is austerity in speech." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya12.76°MeṣaAśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra20.67°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala16.60°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha347.81°MīnaRevatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati324.92°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra328.65°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani1.22°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:53 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:43 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:16 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:24 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 50 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 09 Mins 25 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:02 – 03:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:44 – 04:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta18:31 – 18:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:43 – 19:18
Amṛta Kāla18:28 – 20:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:37 – 08:21
Yamaganda10:04 – 11:48
Gulika Kāla13:32 – 15:16
Varjyam05:28 – 05:50
Dur Muhūrta 08:07 – 08:34

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:53 – 06:37 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:37 – 08:21 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:21 – 10:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:04 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:48 – 13:32 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:32 – 15:16 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:16 – 17:00 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:00 – 18:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:43 – 20:00 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:00 – 21:16 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:16 – 22:32 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:32 – 23:48 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:48 – 01:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:04 – 02:21 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:21 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:37 – 04:53 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862465.27 · 5099.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450930.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8295° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)8.00° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.8295°) · declination 13.72° · EoT 2.33 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:1998-04-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)