पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 7, 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: छठ पूजा — Chhaṭh Pūjā
Bihar/UP festival worshiping Sūrya. 6th day of Kārtika Śukla.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.6 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः।यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम।।15.6।।
"15.6 Neither sun, moon, nor fire shines there. Those who go thither never come back. For, O Arjuna, that is my Celestial Home!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2062 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1927 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1412
Malayalam Era: 1181
Nanakshahi: 536
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya200.79°TulāViśākhā P1
चन्द्र Candra264.05°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala21.10°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
बुध Budha223.95°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati189.22°TulāSvātī P1
शुक्र Śukra247.73°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani107.03°KarkaAśleṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:30 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:39 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:10 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:25 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 08 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 51 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:09 – 05:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:40 – 06:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:16 – 13:56
Godhūli Muhūrta16:27 – 16:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:39 – 17:04
Amṛta Kāla16:24 – 18:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:46 – 09:02
Yamaganda10:18 – 11:34
Gulika Kāla12:50 – 14:07
Varjyam06:56 – 07:12
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:12

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:30 – 07:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:46 – 09:02 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:02 – 10:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:18 – 11:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:34 – 12:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:50 – 14:07 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:07 – 15:23 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:23 – 16:39 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:39 – 18:23 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:23 – 20:07 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:07 – 21:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:50 – 23:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:34 – 01:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:18 – 03:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:02 – 04:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:46 – 06:30 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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)1865216.27 · 5106.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453681.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9347° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)62.94° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (23.9347°) · declination -16.25° · EoT 16.09 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:2005-11-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)