पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 4, 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: धनतेरस / धन्वन्तरि जयन्ती — Dhanteras (Dhanvantari Jayantī)
Birth of Dhanvantari from samudra-mathana with amṛta-kalaśa. Day 1 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.44 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः।

जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते।।6.44।।
"6.44 Unconsciously he will return to the practices of his old life; so that he who tries to realise spiritual consciousness is certainly superior to one who only talks of it." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2067 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1932 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1417
Malayalam Era: 1186
Nanakshahi: 541
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya197.50°TulāSvātī P4
चन्द्र Candra168.03°KanyāHasta P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala220.70°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha208.27°TulāViśākhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati329.94°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra187.89°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani167.56°KanyāHasta P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:26 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:42 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:50 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:22 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 16 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 43 Mins 54 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:04 – 05:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:35 – 06:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:17 – 13:58
Godhūli Muhūrta16:30 – 16:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:42 – 17:08
Amṛta Kāla16:27 – 18:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:51 – 14:08
Yamaganda06:26 – 07:43
Gulika Kāla09:00 – 10:17
Varjyam06:52 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:10

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:26 – 07:43 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:43 – 09:00 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:00 – 10:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:17 – 11:34 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:34 – 12:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:51 – 14:08 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:08 – 15:25 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:25 – 16:42 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:42 – 18:25 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:25 – 20:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:08 – 21:51 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:51 – 23:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:34 – 01:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:17 – 03:00 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:00 – 04:43 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:43 – 06:26 (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)1867039.27 · 5111.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455504.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0044° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)332.64° · 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 (24.0044°) · declination -15.28° · EoT 16.33 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:2010-11-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)