पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 16, 2007 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: वट सावित्री अमावस्या — Vaṭa Sāvitrī Amāvasyā
Sāvitrī's redemption of Satyavān from Yama; pati-vrata observance.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.39 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
यच्चापि सर्वभूतानां बीजं तदहमर्जुन।

न तदस्ति विना यत्स्यान्मया भूतं चराचरम्।।10.39।।
"10.39 I am the Seed of all being, O Arjuna! No creature moving or unmoving can live without Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.39's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2064 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1929 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1414
Malayalam Era: 1183
Nanakshahi: 538
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya30.86°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
चन्द्र Candra20.05°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala336.28°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha45.30°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati234.22°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra74.45°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शनि Śani114.61°KarkaAśleṣā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:30 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:04 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:00 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:07 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 33 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 26 Mins 25 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:34 – 03:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:17 – 04:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:52 – 19:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:04 – 19:40
Amṛta Kāla18:49 – 20:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:47 – 13:36
Yamaganda06:19 – 08:08
Gulika Kāla09:58 – 11:47
Varjyam05:06 – 05:30
Dur Muhūrta 07:54 – 08:23

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:30 – 06:19 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:19 – 08:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:08 – 09:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:58 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:47 – 13:36 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:36 – 15:25 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:25 – 17:14 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:14 – 19:04 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:04 – 20:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:14 – 21:25 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:25 – 22:36 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:36 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:47 – 00:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:58 – 02:08 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:08 – 03:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:19 – 04:30 (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 Amāvasyā + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

🌌 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 Year5109 · Kali-5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865771.27 · 5108.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454236.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9560° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)350.51° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30)
🪷 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 (23.9560°) · declination 18.97° · EoT 3.74 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:2007-05-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)