पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 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
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🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.31 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो

नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद।

विज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं

न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम्।।11.31।।
"11.31 Tell me then who Thou art, that wearest this dreadful Form? I bow before Thee, O Mighty One! Have mercy, I pray, and let me see Thee as Thou wert at first. I do not know what Thou intendest." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.31'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 Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya119.85°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra357.14°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala313.90°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha147.11°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati123.84°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शुक्र Śukra119.36°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani75.17°MithunaĀrdrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:59 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:49 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:10 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:16 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 49 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 10 Mins 19 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:09 – 04:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:50 – 04:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta18:37 – 19:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:49 – 19:24
Amṛta Kāla18:34 – 20:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:22

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:05 – 18:49
Yamaganda11:54 – 13:38
Gulika Kāla15:22 – 17:05
Varjyam05:34 – 05:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:13 – 08:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:59 – 06:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:43 – 08:27 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:27 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:11 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:54 – 13:38 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:38 – 15:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:22 – 17:05 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:05 – 18:49 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:49 – 20:05 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:05 – 21:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:22 – 22:38 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:38 – 23:54 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:54 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:11 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:27 – 03:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:43 – 04:59 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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)1864403.27 · 5104.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452868.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9036° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)239.10° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (23.9036°) · declination 13.60° · EoT -3.75 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:2003-08-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)