पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 15, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: अपरा एकादशी — Aparā Ekādaśī
Boundless (aparā) merit; removes brahma-hatyā even.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.16 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अनन्तविजयं राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः।

नकुलः सहदेवश्च सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ।।1.16।।
"1.16 The King Dharmaraja, the son of Kunti, blew the Anantavijaya, Nakalu and Sahadeo, the Sugosh and Manipushpaka, respectively." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya30.64°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
चन्द्र Candra343.95°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala70.87°MithunaĀrdrā P2
बुध Budha4.63°MeṣaAśvinī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati135.29°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra62.09°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शनि Śani76.18°MithunaĀrdrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:30 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:03 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:26 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:54 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 33 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 26 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:34 – 03:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:17 – 04:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta18:51 – 19:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:03 – 19:40
Amṛta Kāla18:48 – 20:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:09 – 09:58
Yamaganda13:36 – 15:25
Gulika Kāla04:30 – 06:19
Varjyam05:07 – 05:30
Dur Muhūrta 07:54 – 08:23

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:30 – 06:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:19 – 08:09 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:09 – 09:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:58 – 11:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:47 – 13:36 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:36 – 15:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:25 – 17:14 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:14 – 19:03 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:03 – 20:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:14 – 21:25 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:25 – 22:36 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:36 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:47 – 00:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:58 – 02:09 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:09 – 03:19 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:19 – 04:30 (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 Year5106 · Kali-5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864675.27 · 5105.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453140.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9140° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)311.69° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.9140°) · declination 18.91° · EoT 3.76 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:2004-05-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)