पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 21, 2013 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: सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी — Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī
Monthly Gaṇeśa vrata.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.66 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga🪷 Carama-Śloka · The Supreme Verse
सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज।अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः।।18.66।।
"18.66 Give up then thy earthly duties, surrender thyself to Me only. Do not be anxious; I will absolve thee from all thy sin." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.66's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya214.84°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
चन्द्र Candra72.73°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala146.81°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha195.53°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati85.53°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra259.93°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani201.66°TulāViśākhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:48 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:26 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:34 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:43 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 38 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 21 Mins 33 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:31 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:00 – 06:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 11:56
Vijaya Muhūrta13:13 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta16:14 – 16:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:26 – 16:50
Amṛta Kāla16:11 – 17:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 23:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:49 – 14:02
Yamaganda06:48 – 08:00
Gulika Kāla09:12 – 10:25
Varjyam07:12 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:22

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:48 – 08:00 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:00 – 09:12 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:12 – 10:25 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:25 – 11:37 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:37 – 12:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:49 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:02 – 15:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:14 – 16:26 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:26 – 18:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:14 – 20:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:02 – 21:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:49 – 23:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:37 – 01:25 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:25 – 03:12 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:12 – 05:00 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:00 – 06:48 (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 Year5115 · Kali-5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868152.27 · 5114.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456617.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0470° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)221.23° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (24.0470°) · declination -19.91° · EoT 13.43 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:2013-11-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)