पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 10, 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: नरक चतुर्दशी — Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī)
Krishna slew Narakāsura, freeing 16,000 captive princesses. Day 2 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.6 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
युधामन्युश्च विक्रान्त उत्तमौजाश्च वीर्यवान्।

सौभद्रो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्व एव महारथाः।।1.6।।
"1.6 Yudhamanyu, Uttamouja, Soubhadra and the sons of Droupadi, famous men." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya203.24°TulāViśākhā P1
चन्द्र Candra184.53°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala154.00°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha198.37°TulāSvātī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati143.39°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra157.23°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani220.81°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:34 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:36 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:57 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:43 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 02 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 57 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:13 – 05:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:43 – 06:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:15 – 13:55
Godhūli Muhūrta16:24 – 16:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:36 – 17:01
Amṛta Kāla16:21 – 18:06
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:05 – 15:21
Yamaganda09:04 – 10:19
Gulika Kāla11:35 – 12:50
Varjyam06:59 – 07:15
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:14

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (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 · 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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:34 – 07:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:49 – 09:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:04 – 10:19 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:19 – 11:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:35 – 12:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:50 – 14:05 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:05 – 15:21 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:21 – 16:36 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:36 – 18:21 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:21 – 20:05 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:05 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:50 – 23:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:35 – 01:19 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:19 – 03:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:04 – 04:49 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:49 – 06:34 (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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868871.27 · 5116.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457336.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0745° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)340.56° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (24.0745°) · declination -17.00° · EoT 15.74 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:2015-11-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)