पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 22, 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: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.37 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्।तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्।।18.37।।
"18.37 Which at first seems like poison but afterwards acts like nectar - that pleasure is Pure, for it is born of Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya215.35°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
चन्द्र Candra170.36°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala131.08°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha235.78°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati8.11°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra240.26°DhanuMūla P1
शनि Śani180.49°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:49 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:26 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:55 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:20 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 37 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 22 Mins 27 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:32 – 06:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:00 – 06:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 11:57
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta16:14 – 16:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:26 – 16:50
Amṛta Kāla16:11 – 17:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 23:57

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:02 – 15:14
Yamaganda09:13 – 10:25
Gulika Kāla11:37 – 12:50
Varjyam07:13 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:23

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik 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 Roga06:49 – 08:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:01 – 09:13 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:13 – 10:25 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:25 – 11:37 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:37 – 12:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:50 – 14:02 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:02 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:14 – 16:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:26 – 18:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:14 – 20:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:02 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:50 – 23:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:37 – 01:25 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:25 – 03:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:13 – 05:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:01 – 06:49 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1867422.27 · 5112.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455887.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0191° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)317.58° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 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 (24.0191°) · declination -20.01° · EoT 13.15 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:2011-11-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)