पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 23, 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
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🪷 आज: विनायक चतुर्थी — Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)
Monthly Śukla-pakṣa Caturthī; auspicious for new ventures.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.18 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वशः पृथिवीपते।

सौभद्रश्च महाबाहुः शङ्खान्दध्मुः पृथक्पृथक्।।1.18।।
"1.18 And O King! Drupada, the sons of Droupadi and Soubhadra, the great soldier, blew their conches." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya185.72°TulāCitrā P4
चन्द्र Candra222.48°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala155.78°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha194.71°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati188.33°TulāSvātī P1
शुक्र Śukra166.40°KanyāHasta P2
शनि Śani239.56°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:12 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:57 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:20 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:43 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 45 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 08 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:45 – 05:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:18 – 06:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:56
Vijaya Muhūrta13:22 – 14:05
Godhūli Muhūrta16:45 – 17:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:57 – 17:24
Amṛta Kāla16:42 – 18:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:32 – 08:53
Yamaganda10:14 – 11:34
Gulika Kāla12:55 – 14:16
Varjyam06:38 – 06:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:42 – 09:04

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:12 – 07:32 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:32 – 08:53 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:53 – 10:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:14 – 11:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:34 – 12:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:55 – 14:16 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:16 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:37 – 16:57 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:57 – 18:37 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:37 – 20:16 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:16 – 21:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:55 – 23:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:34 – 01:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:14 – 02:53 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:53 – 04:32 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:32 – 06:12 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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)1869584.27 · 5118.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458049.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1018° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)39.81° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (24.1018°) · declination -11.41° · EoT 16.06 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:2017-10-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)