पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 16, 2005 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 9.14 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
सततं कीर्तयन्तो मां यतन्तश्च दृढव्रताः।
नमस्यन्तश्च मां भक्त्या नित्ययुक्ता उपासते।।9.14।।
नमस्यन्तश्च मां भक्त्या नित्ययुक्ता उपासते।।9.14।।
"9.14 Always extolling Me, strenuous, firm in their vows, prostrating themselves before Me, they worship Me continually with concentrated devotion." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2062 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1927 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1412
Malayalam Era: 1181
Nanakshahi: 536
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Punarvasu Pada 3 |
| योग (Yoga) | Sukarma |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Viṣṭi |
| वार (Vāra) | Śanivāra (Saturday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 2.23° | Meṣa | Aśvinī P1 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 86.08° | Mithuna | Punarvasu P2 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 295.08° | Makara | Dhaniṣṭhā P1 |
| बुध Budha | 338.39° | Mīna | Uttara Bhādrapadā P2 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 168.87° | Kanyā | Hasta P3 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 6.25° | Meṣa | Aśvinī P2 |
| शनि Śani | 86.89° | Mithuna | Punarvasu P3 |
☀️ Chicago, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 05:09 UTC-6 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 18:32 UTC-6 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:51 UTC-6 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 09:58 UTC-6 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 00:54 UTC-6 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 13 Hours 22 Mins 44 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 10 Hours 37 Mins 16 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 03:22 – 04:16 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 04:02 – 05:09 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:24 – 12:17 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 14:04 – 14:58 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 18:20 – 18:44 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 18:32 – 19:05 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 18:17 – 20:02 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:24 – 00:17 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 08:30 – 10:10 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 13:31 – 15:11 |
| Gulika Kāla | 05:09 – 06:49 |
| Varjyam | 05:43 – 06:04 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:16 – 08:43 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Kāla | 05:09 – 06:49 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Śubha | 06:49 – 08:30 (auspicious) |
| Day-3 Roga | 08:30 – 10:10 (inauspicious) |
| Day-4 Udveg | 10:10 – 11:51 (inauspicious) |
| Day-5 Chala | 11:51 – 13:31 (neutral) |
| Day-6 Labha | 13:31 – 15:11 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Amṛta | 15:11 – 16:52 (auspicious) |
| Day-8 Kāla | 16:52 – 18:32 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Labha | 18:32 – 19:52 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Amṛta | 19:52 – 21:11 (auspicious) |
| Night-3 Kāla | 21:11 – 22:31 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Śubha | 22:31 – 23:51 (auspicious) |
| Night-5 Roga | 23:51 – 01:10 (inauspicious) |
| Night-6 Udveg | 01:10 – 02:30 (inauspicious) |
| Night-7 Chala | 02:30 – 03:49 (neutral) |
| Night-8 Labha | 03:49 – 05:09 (auspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)
🌌 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 | 5107 · Kali-5107 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1865011.27 · 5106.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2453476.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.9269° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 84.34° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30) |
🪷 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 (23.9269°) · declination 10.10° · EoT 0.02 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:2005-04-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)