पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 26, 2003 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: 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 8.22 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया।

यस्यान्तःस्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।।8.22।।
"8.22 O Arjuna! That Highest God, in Whom all beings abide, and Who pervades the entire universe, is reached only by wholehearted devotion. [The following material (between the asterisks) is an example of what may be a "doctored' inclusion. It does not jibe with the rest of the ma…" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2060 Durmukhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1925 Subhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1410
Malayalam Era: 1179
Nanakshahi: 534
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya11.52°MeṣaAśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra311.24°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala278.46°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha26.83°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati104.85°KarkaPuṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra341.37°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani61.52°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:55 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:42 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:19 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:15 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 47 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 12 Mins 29 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:04 – 03:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:46 – 04:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta18:30 – 18:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:42 – 19:17
Amṛta Kāla18:27 – 20:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:21 – 10:05
Yamaganda13:32 – 15:15
Gulika Kāla04:55 – 06:38
Varjyam05:29 – 05:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:08 – 08:35

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ 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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:55 – 06:38 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:38 – 08:21 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:21 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:05 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:48 – 13:32 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:32 – 15:15 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:15 – 16:59 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:59 – 18:42 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:42 – 19:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:59 – 21:15 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:15 – 22:32 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:32 – 23:48 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:48 – 01:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:05 – 02:21 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:21 – 03:38 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:38 – 04:55 (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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864290.27 · 5104.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452755.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8993° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)297.08° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 25/30)
🪷 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 (23.8993°) · declination 13.33° · EoT 2.16 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:2003-04-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)