पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 23, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: गोवर्धन पूजा — Govardhana Pūjā (Annakūṭa)
Krishna lifted Govardhana to protect Vraja from Indra's wrath. Day 4 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.2 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

संन्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ।

तयोस्तु कर्मसंन्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते।।5.2।।
"5.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Renunciation of action and the path of right action both lead to the highest; of the two, right action is the better." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya185.55°TulāCitrā P4
चन्द्र Candra194.68°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala185.50°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha209.33°TulāViśākhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati209.74°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra184.27°TulāCitrā P4
शनि Śani119.23°KarkaAśleṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:11 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:58 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:01 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:21 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:45 – 05:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:17 – 06:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:56
Vijaya Muhūrta13:22 – 14:05
Godhūli Muhūrta16:46 – 17:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:58 – 17:25
Amṛta Kāla16:43 – 18:28
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:32 – 08:53
Yamaganda10:14 – 11:34
Gulika Kāla12:55 – 14:16
Varjyam06:38 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:42 – 09:04

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:11 – 07:32 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:32 – 08:53 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:53 – 10:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:14 – 11:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:34 – 12:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:55 – 14:16 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:16 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:37 – 16:58 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:58 – 18:37 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:37 – 20:16 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:16 – 21:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:55 – 23:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:34 – 01:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:14 – 02:53 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:53 – 04:32 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:32 – 06:11 (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)1865566.27 · 5107.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454031.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9481° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)10.23° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.9481°) · declination -11.29° · EoT 16.06 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:2006-10-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)