पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 8, 2011 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
?format=json (for AI agents · structured JSON envelope)
🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.20 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
दातव्यमिति यद्दानं दीयतेऽनुपकारिणे।देशे काले च पात्रे च तद्दानं सात्त्विकं स्मृतम्।।17.20।।
"17.20 The gift which is given without thought of recompense, in the belief that it ought to be made, in a fit place, at an opportune time and to a deserving person - such a gift is Pure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya170.40°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra305.87°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala107.13°KarkaAśleṣā P1
बुध Budha176.93°KanyāCitrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati13.85°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra184.35°TulāCitrā P4
शनि Śani175.19°KanyāCitrā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:21 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:18 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:00 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 28 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 31 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:22 – 05:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:56 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:32 – 14:18
Godhūli Muhūrta17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:21 – 17:50
Amṛta Kāla17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 00:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:45 – 10:11
Yamaganda13:03 – 14:29
Gulika Kāla05:53 – 07:19
Varjyam06:22 – 06:40
Dur Muhūrta 08:34 – 08:57

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:53 – 07:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:19 – 08:45 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:45 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:11 – 11:37 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:37 – 13:03 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:03 – 14:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:29 – 15:55 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:55 – 17:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:21 – 18:55 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:55 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:29 – 22:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:03 – 23:37 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:37 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:11 – 02:45 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:45 – 04:19 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:19 – 05:53 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867377.27 · 5112.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455842.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0174° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)133.74° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (24.0174°) · declination -5.68° · EoT 13.23 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:2011-10-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)