पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 26, 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
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.3 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति।

निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते।।5.3।।
"5.3 He is a true ascetic who never desires or dislikes, who is uninfluenced by the opposites and is easily freed from bondage." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2067 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1932 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1417
Malayalam Era: 1186
Nanakshahi: 541
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya128.72°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra323.10°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala172.77°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha143.77°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati337.74°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra174.37°KanyāCitrā P1
शनि Śani159.19°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:09 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:35 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:05 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:34 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 25 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 34 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:22 – 04:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:02 – 05:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta18:23 – 18:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:35 – 19:08
Amṛta Kāla18:20 – 20:05
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:19

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:33 – 15:13
Yamaganda05:09 – 06:50
Gulika Kāla08:30 – 10:11
Varjyam05:43 – 06:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:44

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical 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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:09 – 06:50 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:50 – 08:30 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:30 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:11 – 11:52 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:52 – 13:33 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:33 – 15:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:13 – 16:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:54 – 18:35 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:35 – 19:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:54 – 21:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:13 – 22:33 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:33 – 23:52 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:52 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:11 – 02:30 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:30 – 03:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:50 – 05:09 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1866969.27 · 5111.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455434.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0018° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)196.70° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (24.0018°) · declination 10.50° · EoT -1.42 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:2010-08-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)