पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 14, 2001 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: 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 7.11 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
बलं बलवतां चाहं कामरागविवर्जितम्।

धर्माविरुद्धो भूतेषु कामोऽस्मि भरतर्षभ।।7.11।।
"7.11 I am the Strength of the strong, of them who are free from attachment and desire; and, O Arjuna, I am the Desire for righteousness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2058 Jaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1923 Vṛṣa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1408
Malayalam Era: 1177
Nanakshahi: 532
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya0.30°MeṣaAśvinī P1
चन्द्र Candra252.64°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala240.97°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha350.21°MīnaRevatī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati46.11°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra338.38°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani35.27°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:12 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:30 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:07 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:13 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:26 – 04:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:06 – 05:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta18:18 – 18:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:30 – 19:03
Amṛta Kāla18:15 – 20:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:18

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:32 – 10:11
Yamaganda13:31 – 15:10
Gulika Kāla05:12 – 06:52
Varjyam05:46 – 06:07
Dur Muhūrta 08:18 – 08:45

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Kāla05:12 – 06:52 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:52 – 08:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:32 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:11 – 11:51 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:51 – 13:31 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:31 – 15:10 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:10 – 16:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:50 – 18:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:30 – 19:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:50 – 21:10 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:10 – 22:31 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:31 – 23:51 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:51 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:11 – 02:32 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:32 – 03:52 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:52 – 05:12 (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 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)1863548.27 · 5102.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452013.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8709° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)251.96° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (23.8709°) · declination 9.37° · EoT -0.50 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:2001-04-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)