पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 1, 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: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.15 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत्।स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते।।17.15।।
"17.15 Speech that hurts no one, that is true, is pleasant to listen to and beneficial, and the constant study of the scriptures - this is austerity in speech." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.15'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 Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya194.76°TulāSvātī P3
चन्द्र Candra352.82°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala103.10°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha191.81°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati294.07°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra177.18°KanyāCitrā P2
शनि Śani156.02°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:23 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:46 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:39 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:33 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 22 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 37 Mins 07 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:31 – 06:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:18 – 13:59
Godhūli Muhūrta16:34 – 16:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:46 – 17:11
Amṛta Kāla16:31 – 18:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:28 – 16:46
Yamaganda11:34 – 12:52
Gulika Kāla14:10 – 15:28
Varjyam06:49 – 07:05
Dur Muhūrta 08:48 – 09:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
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):
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 Udveg06:23 – 07:40 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:40 – 08:58 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:58 – 10:16 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:16 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:34 – 12:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:52 – 14:10 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:10 – 15:28 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:28 – 16:46 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:46 – 18:28 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:28 – 20:10 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:10 – 21:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:52 – 23:34 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:34 – 01:16 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:16 – 02:58 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:58 – 04:40 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:40 – 06:23 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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)1866671.27 · 5110.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455136.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9904° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)157.34° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (23.9904°) · declination -14.41° · EoT 16.44 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:2009-11-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)