पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 27, 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
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🪷 आज: अक्षय नवमी — Akṣaya Navamī (Āmlā Navamī)
Worship of Āmlā tree; equivalent merit to Akṣaya Tṛtīyā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.10 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत्।उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम्।।17.10।।
"17.10 The Ignorant love food which is stale, not nourishing, putrid and corrupt, the leavings of others and unclean." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya189.76°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra290.64°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala100.86°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha183.48°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati293.80°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra170.95°KanyāHasta P4
शनि Śani155.48°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:16 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:52 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:16 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:20 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 35 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 24 Mins 25 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 05:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:23 – 06:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:20 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta16:40 – 17:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:52 – 17:18
Amṛta Kāla16:37 – 18:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:13 – 15:33
Yamaganda08:55 – 10:15
Gulika Kāla11:34 – 12:54
Varjyam06:43 – 07:00
Dur Muhūrta 08:45 – 09:06

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:16 – 07:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:36 – 08:55 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:55 – 10:15 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:15 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:34 – 12:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:54 – 14:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:13 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:33 – 16:52 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:52 – 18:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:33 – 20:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:13 – 21:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:54 – 23:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:34 – 01:15 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:15 – 02:55 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:55 – 04:36 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:36 – 06:16 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Śravaṇa alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

🌌 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)1866666.27 · 5110.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455131.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9902° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)101.74° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 9/30)
🪷 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 (23.9902°) · declination -12.77° · EoT 16.36 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:2009-10-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)