पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 2, 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: रमा एकादशी — Ramā Ekādaśī
Lakṣmī (Ramā) granted boon to King Mucukunda.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.7 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन।

कर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगमसक्तः स विशिष्यते।।3.7।।
"3.7 But, O Arjuna! All honour to him whose mind controls his senses, for he is thereby beginning to practise Karma-Yoga, the Path of Right Action, keeping himself always unattached." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya164.79°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra103.56°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala147.38°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha156.50°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati108.31°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra200.40°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani65.03°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:47 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:31 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:39 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:21 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:47 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 44 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 15 Mins 45 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:13 – 05:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:48 – 05:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 12:03
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:23
Godhūli Muhūrta17:19 – 17:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:31 – 18:01
Amṛta Kāla17:16 – 19:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 00:03

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:39 – 13:07
Yamaganda07:15 – 08:43
Gulika Kāla10:11 – 11:39
Varjyam06:16 – 06:35
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 08:55

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:47 – 07:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:15 – 08:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:43 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:11 – 11:39 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:39 – 13:07 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:07 – 14:35 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:35 – 16:03 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:03 – 17:31 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:31 – 19:03 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:03 – 20:35 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:35 – 22:07 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:07 – 23:39 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:39 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:11 – 02:43 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:43 – 04:15 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:15 – 05:47 (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 Year5104 · Kali-5104
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864084.27 · 5103.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452549.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8914° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)301.87° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.8914°) · declination -3.44° · EoT 11.48 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:2002-10-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)