पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 17, 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: 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 10.42 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga🪷 Ekāṁśena Sthito Jagat · One Fragment Supports All
अथवा बहुनैतेन किं ज्ञातेन तवार्जुन।

विष्टभ्याहमिदं कृत्स्नमेकांशेन स्थितो जगत्।।10.42।।
"10.42 But what is the use of all these details to thee? O Arjuna! I sustain this universe with only small part of Myself."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2060 Durmukhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1925 Subhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1410
Malayalam Era: 1179
Nanakshahi: 534
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya90.18°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra311.47°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala315.11°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha102.99°KarkaPuṣya P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.21°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra81.16°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शनि Śani71.55°MithunaĀrdrā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:29 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:23 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:13 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:10 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 53 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 06 Mins 06 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:30 – 03:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:15 – 04:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta19:11 – 19:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:23 – 20:00
Amṛta Kāla19:08 – 20:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:48 – 15:40
Yamaganda04:29 – 06:21
Gulika Kāla08:13 – 10:05
Varjyam05:07 – 05:30
Dur Muhūrta 07:58 – 08:28

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
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):
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 Śubha04:29 – 06:21 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:21 – 08:13 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:13 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:05 – 11:56 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:56 – 13:48 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:48 – 15:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:40 – 17:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:32 – 19:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:23 – 20:32 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:32 – 21:40 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:40 – 22:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:48 – 23:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:56 – 01:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:05 – 02:13 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:13 – 03:21 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:21 – 04:29 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1864372.27 · 5104.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452837.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9024° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)222.11° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.9024°) · declination 21.29° · EoT -5.77 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:2003-07-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)