पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 2, 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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🪷 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 11.46 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्त

मिच्छामि त्वां द्रष्टुमहं तथैव।

तेनैव रूपेण चतुर्भुजेन

सहस्रबाहो भव विश्वमूर्ते।।11.46।।
"11.46 I long to see Thee as thou wert before, with the crown, the sceptre and the discus in Thy hands; in Thy other Form, with Thy four hands, O Thou Whose arms are countless and Whose forms are infinite." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.46's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2062 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1927 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1412
Malayalam Era: 1181
Nanakshahi: 536
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya105.93°KarkaPuṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra72.09°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala8.78°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha112.63°KarkaAśleṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati170.03°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra138.01°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani98.07°KarkaPuṣya P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:45 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:08 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:07 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:16 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 23 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 36 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:50 – 03:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:33 – 04:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta18:56 – 19:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:08 – 19:44
Amṛta Kāla18:53 – 20:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:32 – 17:20
Yamaganda08:21 – 10:09
Gulika Kāla11:56 – 13:44
Varjyam05:21 – 05:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:06 – 08:35

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
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 · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:45 – 06:33 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:33 – 08:21 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:21 – 10:09 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:09 – 11:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:56 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:44 – 15:32 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:32 – 17:20 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:20 – 19:08 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:08 – 20:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:20 – 21:32 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:32 – 22:44 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:44 – 23:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:56 – 01:09 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:09 – 02:21 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:21 – 03:33 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:33 – 04:45 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5107 · Kali-5107
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865119.27 · 5106.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453584.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9310° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)324.94° · 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 (23.9310°) · declination 17.78° · EoT -5.95 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:2005-08-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)