पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.15 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga🪷 Sarvasya Cāhaṁ Hṛdi Sanniviṣṭo · I dwell in every heart
सर्वस्य चाहं हृदि सन्निविष्टो मत्तः स्मृतिर्ज्ञानमपोहनं च।वेदैश्च सर्वैरहमेव वेद्यो वेदान्तकृद्वेदविदेव चाहम्।।15.15।।
"15.15 I am enthroned in the hearts of all; memory, wisdom and discrimination owe their origins to Me. I am He Who is to be realised in the scriptures; I inspire their wisdom and I know their truth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya209.84°TulāViśākhā P3
चन्द्र Candra29.90°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala18.10°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
बुध Budha226.90°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati191.15°TulāSvātī P2
शुक्र Śukra256.21°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani107.21°KarkaAśleṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:42 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:30 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:36 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:22 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:50 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 48 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 11 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:23 – 06:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:53 – 06:42
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:53
Godhūli Muhūrta16:18 – 16:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:30 – 16:55
Amṛta Kāla16:15 – 18:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:36 – 12:49
Yamaganda07:55 – 09:09
Gulika Kāla10:22 – 11:36
Varjyam07:06 – 07:22
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:19

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:42 – 07:55 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:55 – 09:09 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:09 – 10:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:22 – 11:36 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:36 – 12:49 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:49 – 14:03 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:03 – 15:17 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:17 – 16:30 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:30 – 18:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:17 – 20:03 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:03 – 21:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:49 – 23:36 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:36 – 01:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:22 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:09 – 04:55 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:55 – 06:42 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Pratipada + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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)1865225.27 · 5106.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453690.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9351° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)182.02° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.9351°) · declination -18.72° · EoT 14.67 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:2005-11-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)