पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 31, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.18 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः।।12.18।।
"12.18 He to whom friend and foe are alike, who welcomes equally honour and dishonour, heat and cold, pleasure and pain, who is enamoured of nothing," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2064 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1929 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1414
Malayalam Era: 1183
Nanakshahi: 538
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya103.53°KarkaPuṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra296.22°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala31.18°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
बुध Budha87.28°MithunaPunarvasu P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati226.77°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra128.64°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शनि Śani121.62°SiṃhaMaghā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:42 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:11 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:39 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:56 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 28 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 31 Mins 18 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:46 – 03:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:30 – 04:42
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta18:59 – 19:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:11 – 19:47
Amṛta Kāla18:56 – 20:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:34 – 17:22
Yamaganda08:19 – 10:08
Gulika Kāla11:57 – 13:45
Varjyam05:18 – 05:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:05 – 08:34

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:42 – 06:31 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:31 – 08:19 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:19 – 10:08 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:08 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:57 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:45 – 15:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:34 – 17:22 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:22 – 19:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:11 – 20:22 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:22 – 21:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:34 – 22:45 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:45 – 23:57 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:57 – 01:08 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:08 – 02:19 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:19 – 03:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:31 – 04:42 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1865847.27 · 5108.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454312.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9589° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)191.63° · 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 (23.9589°) · declination 18.40° · EoT -6.07 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:2007-07-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)