पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 15, 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: गणेश चतुर्थी — Gaṇeśa Caturthī
Gaṇeśa's birth day; 11-day festival in Maharashtra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.9 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत।ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत।।14.9।।
"14.9 Purity brings happiness, Passion commotion, and Ignorance, which obscures wisdom, leads to a life of failure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2064 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1929 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1414
Malayalam Era: 1183
Nanakshahi: 538
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya147.88°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra186.69°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala59.03°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
बुध Budha170.13°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati228.93°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra113.17°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शनि Śani127.40°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:29 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:01 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:00 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:41 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 32 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 27 Mins 46 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:49 – 04:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:26 – 05:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta17:49 – 18:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:01 – 18:32
Amṛta Kāla17:46 – 19:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:10

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:37 – 10:11
Yamaganda13:19 – 14:53
Gulika Kāla05:29 – 07:03
Varjyam06:00 – 06:20
Dur Muhūrta 08:24 – 08:50

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 Kāla05:29 – 07:03 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:03 – 08:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:37 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:11 – 11:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:45 – 13:19 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:19 – 14:53 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:53 – 16:27 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:27 – 18:01 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:01 – 19:27 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:27 – 20:53 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:53 – 22:19 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:19 – 23:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:45 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:11 – 02:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:37 – 04:03 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:03 – 05:29 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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)1865893.27 · 5108.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454358.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9606° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)42.39° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.9606°) · declination 3.24° · EoT 5.50 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:2007-09-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)