पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: राधाष्टमी — Rādhāṣṭamī
Manifestation of Śrī Rādhā at Barsānā — Krishna's ādi-śakti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.4 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो।

योगेश्वर ततो मे त्वं दर्शयाऽत्मानमव्ययम्।।11.4।।
"11.4 If Thou thinkest that it can be made possible for me to see it, show me, O Lord of Lords, Thine own Eternal Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya150.85°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra243.03°DhanuMūla P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala225.99°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
बुध Budha158.72°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati10.19°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra115.78°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शनि Śani22.95°MeṣaBharaṇī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:32 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:56 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:44 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:20 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:25 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 55 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:53 – 04:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:30 – 05:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta17:44 – 18:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:56 – 18:27
Amṛta Kāla17:41 – 19:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:38 – 10:11
Yamaganda13:17 – 14:50
Gulika Kāla05:32 – 07:05
Varjyam06:03 – 06:23
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:50

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:32 – 07:05 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:05 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:38 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:11 – 11:44 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:44 – 13:17 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:17 – 14:50 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:50 – 16:23 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:23 – 17:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:56 – 19:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:23 – 20:50 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:50 – 22:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:17 – 23:44 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:44 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:11 – 02:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:38 – 04:05 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:05 – 05:32 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Mūla alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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)1862974.27 · 5100.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451439.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8490° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)93.85° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (23.8490°) · declination 2.11° · EoT 6.61 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:1999-09-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)