पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 7, 2006 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 3.10 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
सहयज्ञाः प्रजाः सृष्ट्वा पुरोवाच प्रजापतिः।

अनेन प्रसविष्यध्वमेष वोऽस्त्विष्टकामधुक्।।3.10।।
"3.10 In the beginning, when God created all beings by the sacrifice of Himself, He said unto them: Through sacrifice you can procreate, and it shall satisfy all your desires." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya110.48°KarkaAśleṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra257.51°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala135.51°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha91.19°KarkaPunarvasu P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati197.20°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra88.90°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani110.68°KarkaAśleṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:50 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:02 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:10 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:19 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 12 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 47 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:56 – 03:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:38 – 04:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:50 – 19:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:02 – 19:38
Amṛta Kāla18:47 – 20:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:36 – 08:23
Yamaganda10:09 – 11:56
Gulika Kāla13:43 – 15:29
Varjyam05:25 – 05:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:09 – 08:37

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (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):
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 Amṛta04:50 – 06:36 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:36 – 08:23 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:23 – 10:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:09 – 11:56 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:56 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:43 – 15:29 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:29 – 17:16 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:16 – 19:02 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:02 – 20:16 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:16 – 21:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:29 – 22:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:43 – 23:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:56 – 01:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:09 – 02:23 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:23 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:36 – 04:50 (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 Year5108 · Kali-5108
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865489.27 · 5107.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453954.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9452° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)147.62° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.9452°) · declination 16.50° · EoT -5.48 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:2006-08-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)