पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 27, 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: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.21 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाचकैर्लिंगैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानतीतो भवति प्रभो।किमाचारः कथं चैतांस्त्रीन्गुणानतिवर्तते।।14.21।।
"14.21 Arjuna asked: My Lord! By what signs can he who has transcended the Qualities be recognized? How does he act? How does he live beyond them?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2064 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1929 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1414
Malayalam Era: 1183
Nanakshahi: 538
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya159.60°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra342.60°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala65.01°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
बुध Budha185.29°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati230.42°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra118.18°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani128.83°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:41 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:40 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:40 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:05 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 58 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 01 Mins 13 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:05 – 04:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:41 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:17 – 12:05
Vijaya Muhūrta13:40 – 14:28
Godhūli Muhūrta17:28 – 17:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:40 – 18:10
Amṛta Kāla17:25 – 19:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 00:05

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:11 – 14:40
Yamaganda05:41 – 07:11
Gulika Kāla08:41 – 10:11
Varjyam06:11 – 06:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:29 – 08:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:41 – 07:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:11 – 08:41 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:41 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:11 – 11:41 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:41 – 13:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:11 – 14:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:40 – 16:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:10 – 17:40 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:40 – 19:10 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:10 – 20:40 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:40 – 22:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:11 – 23:41 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:41 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:11 – 02:41 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:41 – 04:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:11 – 05:41 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1865905.27 · 5108.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454370.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9611° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)181.86° · 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 (23.9611°) · declination -1.42° · EoT 9.84 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:2007-09-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)