पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 10, 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: धनतेरस / धन्वन्तरि जयन्ती — Dhanteras (Dhanvantari Jayantī)
Birth of Dhanvantari from samudra-mathana with amṛta-kalaśa. Day 1 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.33 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्रेयान्द्रव्यमयाद्यज्ञाज्ज्ञानयज्ञः परन्तप।

सर्वं कर्माखिलं पार्थ ज्ञाने परिसमाप्यते।।4.33।।
"4.33 The sacrifice of wisdom is superior to any material sacrifice, for, O Arjuna, the climax of action is always Realisation." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.33's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya204.06°TulāViśākhā P2
चन्द्र Candra170.46°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala185.26°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha223.70°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati165.89°KanyāHasta P2
शुक्र Śukra170.66°KanyāHasta P4
शनि Śani93.31°KarkaPunarvasu P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:34 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:35 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:38 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:03 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 00 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 59 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:14 – 05:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:44 – 06:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:15 – 13:55
Godhūli Muhūrta16:23 – 16:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:35 – 17:00
Amṛta Kāla16:20 – 18:05
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:35 – 12:50
Yamaganda07:49 – 09:05
Gulika Kāla10:20 – 11:35
Varjyam06:59 – 07:15
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:34 – 07:49 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:49 – 09:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:05 – 10:20 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:20 – 11:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:35 – 12:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:50 – 14:05 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:05 – 15:20 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:20 – 16:35 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:35 – 18:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:20 – 20:05 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:05 – 21:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:50 – 23:35 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:35 – 01:20 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:20 – 03:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:05 – 04:49 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:49 – 06:34 (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)1864854.27 · 5105.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453319.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9209° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)326.60° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (23.9209°) · declination -17.19° · EoT 15.74 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:2004-11-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)