पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 11, 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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🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.57 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यः सर्वत्रानभिस्नेहस्तत्तत्प्राप्य शुभाशुभम्।

नाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता।।2.57।।
"2.57 He who wherever he goes is attached to no person and to no place by ties of flesh; who accepts good and evil alike, neither welcoming the one nor shrinking from the other - take him to be one who is merged in the Infinite." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.57's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya114.80°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra58.99°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala126.43°SiṃhaMaghā P2
बुध Budha134.88°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati146.81°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra69.11°MithunaĀrdrā P1
शनि Śani87.03°MithunaPunarvasu P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:54 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:57 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:38 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:46 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 02 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 57 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:02 – 03:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:44 – 04:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:45 – 19:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:57 – 19:32
Amṛta Kāla18:42 – 20:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:55 – 13:41
Yamaganda06:39 – 08:25
Gulika Kāla10:10 – 11:55
Varjyam05:29 – 05:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:11 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:54 – 06:39 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:39 – 08:25 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:25 – 10:10 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:10 – 11:55 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:55 – 13:41 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:41 – 15:26 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:26 – 17:11 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:11 – 18:57 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:57 – 20:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:11 – 21:26 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:26 – 22:41 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:41 – 23:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:55 – 01:10 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:10 – 02:25 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:25 – 03:39 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:39 – 04:54 (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 Year5106 · Kali-5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864763.27 · 5105.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453228.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9174° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)302.64° · 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 (23.9174°) · declination 15.21° · EoT -4.91 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:2004-08-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)