पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 12, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: विजय दशमी — Vijaya Daśamī (Dasarā / Daśaharā)
Rāma's victory over Rāvaṇa; Durgā's victory; ārambha-divasa for śilpa-kalā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.7 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम्।तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम्।।14.7।।
"14.7 Passion, engendered by thirst for pleasure and attachment, binds the soul through its fondness for activity." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla 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)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya174.88°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra281.36°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala28.59°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
बुध Budha190.95°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati183.56°TulāCitrā P4
शुक्र Śukra220.45°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani105.71°KarkaPuṣya P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:58 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:14 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:36 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:50 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:34 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 15 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 44 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:28 – 05:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:02 – 05:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 11:59
Vijaya Muhūrta13:29 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta17:02 – 17:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:14 – 17:42
Amṛta Kāla16:59 – 18:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 23:59

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:36 – 13:01
Yamaganda07:23 – 08:47
Gulika Kāla10:12 – 11:36
Varjyam06:27 – 06:45
Dur Muhūrta 08:36 – 08:59

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
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):
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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:58 – 07:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:23 – 08:47 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:47 – 10:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:12 – 11:36 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:36 – 13:01 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:01 – 14:25 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:25 – 15:50 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:50 – 17:14 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:14 – 18:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:50 – 20:25 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:25 – 22:01 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:01 – 23:36 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:36 – 01:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:12 – 02:47 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:47 – 04:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:23 – 05:58 (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 Year5107 · Kali-5107
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865190.27 · 5106.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453655.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9337° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)108.50° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (23.9337°) · declination -7.37° · EoT 14.22 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:2005-10-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)