पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 22, 2002 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 2.7 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
कार्पण्यदोषोपहतस्वभावः

पृच्छामि त्वां धर्मसंमूढचेताः।

यच्छ्रेयः स्यान्निश्िचतं ब्रूहि तन्मे

शिष्यस्तेऽहं शाधि मां त्वां प्रपन्नम्।।2.7।।
"2.7 My heart is oppressed with pity; and my mind confused as to what my duty is. Therefore, my Lord, tell me what is best for my spiritual welfare, for I am Thy disciple. Please direct me, I pray." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya95.20°KarkaPuṣya P1
चन्द्र Candra247.07°DhanuMūla P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala101.49°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha96.30°KarkaPuṣya P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati93.64°KarkaPuṣya P1
शुक्र Śukra138.52°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani59.82°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:34 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:19 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:32 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:36 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 45 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 14 Mins 33 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:36 – 03:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:20 – 04:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta19:07 – 19:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:19 – 19:56
Amṛta Kāla19:04 – 20:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:25 – 08:15
Yamaganda10:06 – 11:57
Gulika Kāla13:47 – 15:38
Varjyam05:11 – 05:34
Dur Muhūrta 08:00 – 08:30

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
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):
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 Amṛta04:34 – 06:25 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:25 – 08:15 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:15 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:06 – 11:57 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:57 – 13:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:47 – 15:38 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:38 – 17:29 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:29 – 19:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:19 – 20:29 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:29 – 21:38 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:38 – 22:47 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:47 – 23:57 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:57 – 01:06 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:06 – 02:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:15 – 03:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:25 – 04:34 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5104 · Kali-5104
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864012.27 · 5103.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452477.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8887° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)152.66° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.8887°) · declination 20.34° · EoT -6.10 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:2002-07-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)