पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 18, 1999 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.18 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत्।

प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम्।।9.18।।
"9.18 I am the Goal, the Sustainer, the Lord, the Witness, the Home, the Shelter, the Lover and the Origin; I am Life and Death; I am the Fountain and the Seed Imperishable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2056 Nandana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1921 Pramāthi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1406
Malayalam Era: 1175
Nanakshahi: 530
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya91.16°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra154.33°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala191.04°TulāSvātī P2
बुध Budha104.67°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati8.84°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra128.70°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शनि Śani21.72°MeṣaBharaṇī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:30 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:23 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:03 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:15 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 52 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 07 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:31 – 03:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:16 – 04:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta19:11 – 19:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:23 – 20:00
Amṛta Kāla19:08 – 20:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:31 – 19:23
Yamaganda11:56 – 13:48
Gulika Kāla15:39 – 17:31
Varjyam05:07 – 05:31
Dur Muhūrta 07:58 – 08:28

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:30 – 06:22 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:22 – 08:13 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:13 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:05 – 11:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:56 – 13:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:48 – 15:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:39 – 17:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:31 – 19:23 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:23 – 20:31 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:31 – 21:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:39 – 22:48 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:48 – 23:56 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:56 – 01:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:05 – 02:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:13 – 03:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:22 – 04:30 (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 Year5101 · Kali-5101
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862912.27 · 5100.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451377.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8466° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)62.70° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (23.8466°) · declination 21.13° · EoT -5.86 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:1999-07-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)