पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 6, 2016 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.26 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षाणां देवर्षीणां च नारदः।

गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथः सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनिः।।10.26।।
"10.26 Of trees I am the sacred Fig-tree, of the Divine Seers Narada, of the heavenly singers I am Chitraratha, their Leader, and of sages I am Kapila." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya230.26°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra304.08°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala295.61°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha250.03°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.04°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra273.86°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani234.05°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:04 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:20 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:19 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:57 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 15 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 44 Mins 11 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:50 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:18 – 07:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:15 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta16:08 – 16:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:20 – 16:43
Amṛta Kāla16:05 – 17:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:01

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:01 – 15:11
Yamaganda09:23 – 10:33
Gulika Kāla11:42 – 12:52
Varjyam07:28 – 07:42
Dur Muhūrta 09:14 – 09:33

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:04 – 08:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:14 – 09:23 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:23 – 10:33 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:33 – 11:42 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:42 – 12:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:52 – 14:01 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:01 – 15:11 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:11 – 16:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:20 – 18:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:11 – 20:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:01 – 21:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:52 – 23:42 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:42 – 01:33 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:33 – 03:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:23 – 05:14 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:14 – 07:04 (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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869263.27 · 5117.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457728.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0895° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)77.38° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 7/30)
🪷 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 (24.0895°) · declination -22.52° · EoT 8.14 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:2016-12-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)