पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 8, 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
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🪷 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 4.27 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वाणीन्द्रियकर्माणि प्राणकर्माणि चापरे।

आत्मसंयमयोगाग्नौ जुह्वति ज्ञानदीपिते।।4.27।।
"4.27 Other again sacrifice their activities and their vitality in the Spiritual fire of self-abnegation, kindled by wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya111.41°KarkaAśleṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra82.22°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala161.39°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha138.62°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati339.13°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra156.75°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani157.29°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:51 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:01 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:28 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:30 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 10 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 49 Mins 25 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:57 – 03:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:40 – 04:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:49 – 19:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:01 – 19:37
Amṛta Kāla18:46 – 20:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:15 – 19:01
Yamaganda11:56 – 13:42
Gulika Kāla15:29 – 17:15
Varjyam05:26 – 05:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:09 – 08:37

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:51 – 06:37 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:37 – 08:23 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:23 – 10:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:10 – 11:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:56 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:42 – 15:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:29 – 17:15 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:15 – 19:01 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:01 – 20:15 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:15 – 21:29 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:29 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:42 – 23:56 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:56 – 01:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:10 – 02:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:23 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:37 – 04:51 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

🌌 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)1866951.27 · 5111.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455416.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0011° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)331.77° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (24.0011°) · declination 16.21° · EoT -5.35 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:2010-08-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)