पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 24, 2009 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 supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: मासिक शिवरात्रि — Māsika Śivarātri
Monthly Śiva observance.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.5 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga🪷 Paśya Me Pārtha Rūpāṇi · Behold My Forms
श्री भगवानुवाच

पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः।

नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च।।11.5।।
"11.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Behold, O Arjuna! My celestial forms, by hundred and thousands, various in kind, in colour and in shape." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya10.02°MeṣaAśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra355.80°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala337.04°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha30.03°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati299.39°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra335.81°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani141.17°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:57 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:41 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:21 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:23 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 43 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 16 Mins 11 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:07 – 04:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:48 – 04:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta18:29 – 18:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:41 – 19:15
Amṛta Kāla18:26 – 20:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:06 – 11:49
Yamaganda15:15 – 16:58
Gulika Kāla06:40 – 08:23
Varjyam05:31 – 05:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:09 – 08:36

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:57 – 06:40 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:40 – 08:23 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:23 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:06 – 11:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:49 – 13:32 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:32 – 15:15 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:15 – 16:58 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:58 – 18:41 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:41 – 19:58 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:58 – 21:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:15 – 22:32 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:32 – 23:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:49 – 01:06 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:06 – 02:23 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:23 – 03:40 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:40 – 04:57 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5111 · Kali-5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866480.27 · 5110.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454945.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9831° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)344.82° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.9831°) · declination 12.85° · EoT 1.80 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:2009-04-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)