पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 27, 2015 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: कार्तिक पूर्णिमा — Kārtika Pūrṇimā / Tripurī Pūrṇimā
Day Mahābhārata war began (4 Oct 3138 BCE). Śiva destroyed Tripurāsura.
Historical anchor: Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (Kurukṣetra) — -3137-10-04 →

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.70 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयोः।ज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्टः स्यामिति मे मतिः।।18.70।।
"18.70 He who will study this spiritual discourse of ours, I assure thee, he shall thereby worship Me at the altar of Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.70's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya189.22°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra2.73°MeṣaAśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala145.50°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha175.36°KanyāCitrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati141.05°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra142.55°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani219.25°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:16 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:53 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:27 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:49 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 36 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 23 Mins 14 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:51 – 05:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:23 – 06:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:20 – 14:03
Godhūli Muhūrta16:41 – 17:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:53 – 17:19
Amṛta Kāla16:38 – 18:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:13 – 15:33
Yamaganda08:55 – 10:15
Gulika Kāla11:34 – 12:54
Varjyam06:42 – 06:59
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:06

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:16 – 07:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:35 – 08:55 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:55 – 10:15 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:15 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:34 – 12:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:54 – 14:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:13 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:33 – 16:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:53 – 18:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:33 – 20:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:13 – 21:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:54 – 23:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:34 – 01:15 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:15 – 02:55 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:55 – 04:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:35 – 06:16 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

🌌 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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868857.27 · 5116.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457322.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0740° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)174.58° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 15/30)
🪷 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 (24.0740°) · declination -12.61° · EoT 16.36 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:2015-10-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)