पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 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: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.32 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
अनादित्वान्निर्गुणत्वात्परमात्मायमव्ययः।शरीरस्थोऽपि कौन्तेय न करोति न लिप्यते।।13.32।।
"13.32 The Supreme Spirit, O Prince, is without beginning, without Qualities and Imperishable, and though it be within the body, yet It does not act, nor is It affected by action." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2062 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1927 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1412
Malayalam Era: 1181
Nanakshahi: 536
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya165.02°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra149.33°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala29.35°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
बुध Budha175.33°KanyāCitrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati181.41°TulāCitrā P3
शुक्र Śukra209.31°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani104.93°KarkaPuṣya P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:47 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:31 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:39 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:24 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:49 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 43 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 16 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:13 – 05:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:49 – 05:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 12:02
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:23
Godhūli Muhūrta17:19 – 17:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:31 – 18:00
Amṛta Kāla17:16 – 19:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 00:02

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:03 – 17:31
Yamaganda11:39 – 13:07
Gulika Kāla14:35 – 16:03
Varjyam06:17 – 06:35
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 08:55

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:47 – 07:15 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:15 – 08:43 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:43 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:11 – 11:39 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:39 – 13:07 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:07 – 14:35 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:35 – 16:03 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:03 – 17:31 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:31 – 19:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:03 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:35 – 22:07 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:07 – 23:39 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:39 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:11 – 02:43 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:43 – 04:15 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:15 – 05:47 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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)1865180.27 · 5106.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453645.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9333° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)343.53° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.9333°) · declination -3.55° · EoT 11.48 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:2005-10-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)