पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 22, 2017 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
🪷 आज: वरूथिनी एकादशी — Varūthinī Ekādaśī
Granted to King Mandhātā by Vāmana-deva; brings sound sleep + wealth.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.11 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते।ज्ञानं यदा तदा विद्याद्विवृद्धं सत्त्वमित्युत।।14.11।।
"14.11 When the light of knowledge gleams forth from all the gates of the body, then be sure that Purity prevails." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya8.02°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra308.86°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala36.08°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
बुध Budha4.93°MeṣaAśvinī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati171.95°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra333.41°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani243.33°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:00 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:39 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:27 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:18 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 38 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 21 Mins 11 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:11 – 04:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:51 – 05:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta18:27 – 18:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:39 – 19:13
Amṛta Kāla18:24 – 20:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:24 – 10:07
Yamaganda13:31 – 15:14
Gulika Kāla05:00 – 06:42
Varjyam05:34 – 05:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:11 – 08:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Kāla05:00 – 06:42 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:42 – 08:24 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:24 – 10:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:07 – 11:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:49 – 13:31 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:31 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:14 – 16:56 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:56 – 18:39 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:39 – 19:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:56 – 21:14 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:14 – 22:31 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:31 – 23:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:49 – 01:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:07 – 02:24 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:24 – 03:42 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:42 – 05:00 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869400.27 · 5118.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457865.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0947° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)302.66° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (24.0947°) · declination 12.21° · EoT 1.40 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:2017-04-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)