पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 7, 2008 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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Also observed today
- कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.16 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः।
तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम्।।5.16।।
तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम्।।5.16।।
"5.16 Surely wisdom is like the sun, revealing the supreme truth to those whose ignorance is dispelled by the wisdom of the Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2 |
| योग (Yoga) | Atigaṇḍa |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Viṣṭi |
| वार (Vāra) | Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 170.17° | Kanyā | Hasta P4 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 256.48° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 187.82° | Tulā | Svātī P1 |
| बुध Budha | 169.89° | Kanyā | Hasta P3 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 260.40° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 201.68° | Tulā | Viśākhā P1 |
| शनि Śani | 141.77° | Siṃha | Pūrva Phalgunī P3 |
☀️ Chicago, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 05:53 UTC-6 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 17:22 UTC-6 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:38 UTC-6 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 12:49 UTC-6 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 21:57 UTC-6 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 11 Hours 28 Mins 50 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 12 Hours 31 Mins 10 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 04:21 – 05:07 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 04:56 – 05:53 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:15 – 12:01 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:32 – 14:18 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 17:10 – 17:34 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 17:22 – 17:51 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 17:07 – 18:52 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:15 – 00:01 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 14:30 – 15:56 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 08:45 – 10:11 |
| Gulika Kāla | 11:38 – 13:04 |
| Varjyam | 06:22 – 06:40 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:34 – 08:57 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Roga | 05:53 – 07:19 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Udveg | 07:19 – 08:45 (inauspicious) |
| Day-3 Chala | 08:45 – 10:11 (neutral) |
| Day-4 Labha | 10:11 – 11:38 (auspicious) |
| Day-5 Amṛta | 11:38 – 13:04 (auspicious) |
| Day-6 Kāla | 13:04 – 14:30 (inauspicious) |
| Day-7 Śubha | 14:30 – 15:56 (auspicious) |
| Day-8 Roga | 15:56 – 17:22 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Kāla | 17:22 – 18:56 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Śubha | 18:56 – 20:30 (auspicious) |
| Night-3 Roga | 20:30 – 22:04 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Udveg | 22:04 – 23:38 (inauspicious) |
| Night-5 Chala | 23:38 – 01:11 (neutral) |
| Night-6 Labha | 01:11 – 02:45 (auspicious) |
| Night-7 Amṛta | 02:45 – 04:19 (auspicious) |
| Night-8 Kāla | 04:19 – 05:53 (inauspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
🌌 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 Year | 5110 · Kali-5110 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1866281.27 · 5109.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2454746.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.9755° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 88.74° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30) |
🪷 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 (23.9755°) · declination -5.58° · EoT 12.96 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:2008-10-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)