पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 12, 2004 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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Also observed today
- वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.13 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः।
सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत्।।1.13।।
सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत्।।1.13।।
"1.13 And immediately all the conches and drums, the trumpets and horns, blared forth in tumultuous uproar." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3 |
| योग (Yoga) | Brahma |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Kaulava |
| वार (Vāra) | Budhavāra (Wednesday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 27.75° | Meṣa | Kṛttikā P1 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 304.98° | Kumbha | Dhaniṣṭhā P4 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 68.97° | Mithuna | Ārdrā P1 |
| बुध Budha | 1.97° | Meṣa | Aśvinī P1 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 135.22° | Siṃha | Pūrva Phalgunī P1 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 61.60° | Mithuna | Mr̥gaśirā P3 |
| शनि Śani | 75.87° | Mithuna | Ārdrā P3 |
☀️ Chicago, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 04:33 UTC-6 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 19:00 UTC-6 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:47 UTC-6 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 00:56 UTC-6 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 11:36 UTC-6 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 14 Hours 26 Mins 51 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 9 Hours 33 Mins 09 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 02:38 – 03:36 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 03:21 – 04:33 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:18 – 12:16 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 14:11 – 15:09 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 18:48 – 19:12 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 19:00 – 19:36 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 18:45 – 20:30 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:18 – 00:16 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 11:47 – 13:35 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 06:22 – 08:10 |
| Gulika Kāla | 09:58 – 11:47 |
| Varjyam | 05:09 – 05:33 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 07:56 – 08:25 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Labha | 04:33 – 06:22 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Amṛta | 06:22 – 08:10 (auspicious) |
| Day-3 Kāla | 08:10 – 09:58 (inauspicious) |
| Day-4 Śubha | 09:58 – 11:47 (auspicious) |
| Day-5 Roga | 11:47 – 13:35 (inauspicious) |
| Day-6 Udveg | 13:35 – 15:23 (inauspicious) |
| Day-7 Chala | 15:23 – 17:12 (neutral) |
| Day-8 Labha | 17:12 – 19:00 (auspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Udveg | 19:00 – 20:12 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Chala | 20:12 – 21:23 (neutral) |
| Night-3 Labha | 21:23 – 22:35 (auspicious) |
| Night-4 Amṛta | 22:35 – 23:47 (auspicious) |
| Night-5 Kāla | 23:47 – 00:58 (inauspicious) |
| Night-6 Śubha | 00:58 – 02:10 (auspicious) |
| Night-7 Roga | 02:10 – 03:22 (inauspicious) |
| Night-8 Udveg | 03:22 – 04:33 (inauspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)
🌌 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 Year | 5106 · Kali-5106 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1864672.27 · 5105.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2453137.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.9139° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 274.41° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30) |
🪷 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 (23.9139°) · declination 18.18° · EoT 3.74 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:2004-05-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)