पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 30, 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
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🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.14 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम्।विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम्।।18.14।।
"18.14 They are a body, a personality, physical organs, their manifold activity and destiny." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya192.24°TulāSvātī P2
चन्द्र Candra236.76°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala119.47°KarkaAśleṣā P4
बुध Budha210.74°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.00°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra211.69°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani177.86°KanyāCitrā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:19 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:49 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:58 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:06 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 51 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:56 – 05:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:27 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:19 – 14:01
Godhūli Muhūrta16:37 – 17:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:49 – 17:15
Amṛta Kāla16:34 – 18:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:30 – 16:49
Yamaganda11:34 – 12:53
Gulika Kāla14:11 – 15:30
Varjyam06:46 – 07:02
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:19 – 07:38 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:38 – 08:57 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:57 – 10:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:15 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:34 – 12:53 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:53 – 14:11 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:11 – 15:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:30 – 16:49 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:49 – 18:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:30 – 20:11 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:11 – 21:53 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:53 – 23:34 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:34 – 01:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:15 – 02:57 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:57 – 04:38 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:38 – 06:19 (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 Śukla Caturthī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

🌌 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)1867399.27 · 5112.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455864.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0182° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)42.60° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (24.0182°) · declination -13.61° · EoT 16.45 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:2011-10-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)