पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 19, 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: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.15 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते।तथा प्रलीनस्तमसि मूढयोनिषु जायते।।14.15।।
"14.15 When Passion prevails, the soul is reborn among those who love activity; when Ignorance rules, it enters the wombs of the ignorant." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2060 Durmukhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1925 Subhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1410
Malayalam Era: 1179
Nanakshahi: 534
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya212.38°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra145.23°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala321.17°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha226.24°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati141.87°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra236.13°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani78.70°MithunaĀrdrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:45 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:28 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:49 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:27 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 43 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 16 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:27 – 06:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:56 – 06:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:17 – 11:56
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:53
Godhūli Muhūrta16:16 – 16:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:28 – 16:53
Amṛta Kāla16:13 – 17:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 23:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:37 – 12:49
Yamaganda07:58 – 09:11
Gulika Kāla10:24 – 11:37
Varjyam07:09 – 07:25
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:20

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:45 – 07:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:58 – 09:11 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:11 – 10:24 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:24 – 11:37 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:37 – 12:49 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:49 – 14:02 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:02 – 15:15 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:15 – 16:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:28 – 18:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:15 – 20:02 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:02 – 21:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:49 – 23:37 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:37 – 01:24 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:24 – 03:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:11 – 04:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:58 – 06:45 (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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864497.27 · 5104.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452962.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9072° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)296.06° · 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 (23.9072°) · declination -19.32° · EoT 13.96 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:2003-11-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)