पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 8, 2000 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: तुलसी विवाह — Tulasī Vivāha
Marriage of Tulasī (Vṛndā) with Śālagrāma. Marks end of Cāturmāsya.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.15 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं विद्धि ब्रह्माक्षरसमुद्भवम्।

तस्मात्सर्वगतं ब्रह्म नित्यं यज्ञे प्रतिष्ठितम्।।3.15।।
"3.15 All action originates in the Supreme Spirit, which is Imperishable, and in sacrificial action the all-pervading Spirit is consciously present." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2057 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1922 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1407
Malayalam Era: 1176
Nanakshahi: 531
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya202.08°TulāViśākhā P1
चन्द्र Candra333.90°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala158.53°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha186.09°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati44.85°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra240.07°DhanuMūla P1
शनि Śani34.46°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:32 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:37 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:22 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:22 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 05 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 54 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:11 – 05:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:41 – 06:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:15 – 13:56
Godhūli Muhūrta16:25 – 16:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:37 – 17:03
Amṛta Kāla16:22 – 18:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:35 – 12:50
Yamaganda07:47 – 09:03
Gulika Kāla10:19 – 11:35
Varjyam06:57 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:13

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:32 – 07:47 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:47 – 09:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:03 – 10:19 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:19 – 11:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:35 – 12:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:50 – 14:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:06 – 15:22 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:22 – 16:37 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:37 – 18:22 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:22 – 20:06 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:06 – 21:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:50 – 23:35 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:35 – 01:19 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:19 – 03:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:03 – 04:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:47 – 06:32 (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 Year5102 · Kali-5102
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863391.27 · 5101.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451856.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8649° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)132.33° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (23.8649°) · declination -16.61° · EoT 15.99 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:2000-11-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)