पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 24, 2021 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: प्रदोष व्रत — Pradoṣa Vrata
Twilight worship of Śiva on Trayodaśī.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.3 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
त्याज्यं दोषवदित्येके कर्म प्राहुर्मनीषिणः।

यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यमिति चापरे।।18.3।।
"18.3 Some philosophers say that all action is evil and should be abandoned. Others that acts of sacrifice, benevolence and austerity should not be given up." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya38.96°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
चन्द्र Candra184.60°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala84.19°MithunaPunarvasu P2
बुध Budha59.10°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati306.82°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra53.94°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani289.38°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:23 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:12 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:07 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:53 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 49 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 10 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:24 – 03:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:08 – 04:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta19:00 – 19:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:12 – 19:49
Amṛta Kāla18:57 – 20:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:14 – 08:05
Yamaganda09:56 – 11:47
Gulika Kāla13:38 – 15:30
Varjyam05:00 – 05:23
Dur Muhūrta 07:50 – 08:20

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Amṛta04:23 – 06:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:14 – 08:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:05 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga09:56 – 11:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:47 – 13:38 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:38 – 15:30 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:30 – 17:21 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:21 – 19:12 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:12 – 20:21 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:21 – 21:30 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:30 – 22:38 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:38 – 23:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:47 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga00:56 – 02:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:05 – 03:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:14 – 04:23 (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 Year5123 · Kali-5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870893.27 · 5122.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2459358.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1518° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)147.35° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (24.1518°) · declination 20.78° · EoT 3.31 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:2021-05-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)