पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 15, 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: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.11 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते।ज्ञानं यदा तदा विद्याद्विवृद्धं सत्त्वमित्युत।।14.11।।
"14.11 When the light of knowledge gleams forth from all the gates of the body, then be sure that Purity prevails." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2060 Durmukhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1925 Subhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1410
Malayalam Era: 1179
Nanakshahi: 534
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya208.34°TulāViśākhā P3
चन्द्र Candra93.64°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala319.26°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
बुध Budha220.18°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati141.33°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra231.16°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani78.86°MithunaĀrdrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:40 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:31 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:36 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:34 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:19 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 51 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 08 Mins 24 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:21 – 06:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:51 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:54
Godhūli Muhūrta16:19 – 16:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:31 – 16:56
Amṛta Kāla16:16 – 18:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:08 – 10:22
Yamaganda12:50 – 14:04
Gulika Kāla06:40 – 07:54
Varjyam07:04 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 08:58 – 09:18

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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 Kāla06:40 – 07:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:54 – 09:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:08 – 10:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:22 – 11:36 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:36 – 12:50 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:50 – 14:04 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:04 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:17 – 16:31 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:31 – 18:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:17 – 20:04 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:04 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:50 – 23:36 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:36 – 01:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:22 – 03:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:08 – 04:54 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:54 – 06:40 (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)1864493.27 · 5104.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452958.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9071° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)249.54° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (23.9071°) · declination -18.33° · EoT 14.88 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:2003-11-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)