पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 24, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: सुब्रह्मण्य षष्ठी — Subrahmaṇya Ṣaṣṭhī
Worship of Kārttikeya as Subrahmaṇya.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.9 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः।

दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम्।।11.9।।
"11.9 Sanjaya continued: "Having thus spoken, O King, the Lord Shri Krishna, the Almighty Prince of Wisdom, showed to Arjuna the Supreme Form of the Great God." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2058 Jaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1923 Vṛṣa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1408
Malayalam Era: 1177
Nanakshahi: 532
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya127.08°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra194.89°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala238.91°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha143.50°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati74.62°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra92.40°KarkaPunarvasu P4
शनि Śani50.01°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:07 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:38 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:14 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:34 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 25 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:19 – 04:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:00 – 05:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta18:26 – 18:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:38 – 19:12
Amṛta Kāla18:23 – 20:08
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:11 – 11:53
Yamaganda15:15 – 16:56
Gulika Kāla06:49 – 08:30
Varjyam05:41 – 06:03
Dur Muhūrta 08:16 – 08:43

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:07 – 06:49 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:49 – 08:30 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:30 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:11 – 11:53 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:53 – 13:34 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:34 – 15:15 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:15 – 16:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:56 – 18:38 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:38 – 19:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:56 – 21:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:15 – 22:34 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:34 – 23:53 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:53 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:11 – 02:30 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:30 – 03:49 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:49 – 05:07 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5103 · Kali-5103
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863680.27 · 5102.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452145.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8760° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)64.95° · 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 (23.8760°) · declination 11.13° · EoT -1.99 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:2001-08-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)