पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 23, 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 any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.11 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ये यथा मां प्रपद्यन्ते तांस्तथैव भजाम्यहम्।

मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः।।4.11।।
"4.11 Howsoever men try to worship Me, so do I welcome them. By whatever path they travel, it leads to Me at last." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2067 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1932 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1417
Malayalam Era: 1186
Nanakshahi: 541
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya96.11°KarkaPuṣya P1
चन्द्र Candra242.06°DhanuMūla P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala151.62°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha118.89°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati339.53°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra139.75°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani155.86°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:35 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:18 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:08 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:13 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 43 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 16 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:37 – 03:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:21 – 04:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta19:06 – 19:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:18 – 19:55
Amṛta Kāla19:03 – 20:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:06 – 11:57
Yamaganda15:38 – 17:28
Gulika Kāla06:25 – 08:16
Varjyam05:12 – 05:35
Dur Muhūrta 08:01 – 08:30

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:35 – 06:25 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:25 – 08:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:16 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:06 – 11:57 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:57 – 13:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:47 – 15:38 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:38 – 17:28 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:28 – 19:18 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:18 – 20:28 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:28 – 21:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:38 – 22:47 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:47 – 23:57 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:57 – 01:06 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:06 – 02:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:16 – 03:25 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:25 – 04:35 (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 Year5112 · Kali-5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866935.27 · 5111.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455400.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0005° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)145.24° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (24.0005°) · declination 20.12° · EoT -6.13 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:2010-07-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)