पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 11, 2010 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: षट्तिला एकादशी — Ṣaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
Six uses of tila (sesame) on this Ekādaśī confer mokṣa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.58 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
मच्चित्तः सर्वदुर्गाणि मत्प्रसादात्तरिष्यसि।अथ चेत्त्वमहङ्कारान्न श्रोष्यसि विनङ्क्ष्यसि।।18.58।।
"18.58 Fix but thy mind on Me, and by My grace thou shalt overcome the obstacles in thy path. But if, misled by pride, thou wilt not listen, then indeed thou shalt be lost." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.58's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2067 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1932 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1417
Malayalam Era: 1186
Nanakshahi: 541
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya266.70°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra219.57°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala112.46°KarkaAśleṣā P2
बुध Budha252.98°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati304.72°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra266.38°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani160.42°KanyāHasta P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:39 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:06 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:34 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 21 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 38 Mins 13 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:03 – 06:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:31 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta13:32 – 14:09
Godhūli Muhūrta16:27 – 16:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:39 – 17:03
Amṛta Kāla16:24 – 18:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:28 – 09:38
Yamaganda10:48 – 11:58
Gulika Kāla13:09 – 14:19
Varjyam07:41 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:18 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:28 – 09:38 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:38 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:48 – 11:58 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:58 – 13:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:09 – 14:19 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:19 – 15:29 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:29 – 16:39 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:39 – 18:29 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:29 – 20:19 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:19 – 22:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:09 – 23:58 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:58 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:48 – 03:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:38 – 05:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:28 – 07:18 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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)1866742.27 · 5111.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455207.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9931° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)310.90° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.9931°) · declination -21.84° · EoT -7.89 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:2010-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)