पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 10, 2022 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: सीता नवमी — Sītā Navamī
Devī Sītā's manifestation in Mithilā; rāmāvatāra-kalatra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.43 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
तत्र तं बुद्धिसंयोगं लभते पौर्वदेहिकम्।

यतते च ततो भूयः संसिद्धौ कुरुनन्दन।।6.43।।
"6.43 Then the experience acquired in his former life will revive, and with its help he will strive for perfection more eagerly than before." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.43's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya25.22°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra126.92°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala324.31°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha40.58°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati335.64°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra343.99°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani300.60°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:36 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:58 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:50 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:17 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 21 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 38 Mins 13 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:41 – 03:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:24 – 04:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta18:46 – 19:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:58 – 19:34
Amṛta Kāla18:43 – 20:28
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:22 – 17:10
Yamaganda08:11 – 09:59
Gulika Kāla11:47 – 13:35
Varjyam05:12 – 05:35
Dur Muhūrta 07:57 – 08:26

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:36 – 06:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:24 – 08:11 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:11 – 09:59 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha09:59 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:47 – 13:35 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:35 – 15:22 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:22 – 17:10 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:10 – 18:58 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:58 – 20:10 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:10 – 21:22 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:22 – 22:35 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:35 – 23:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:47 – 00:59 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha00:59 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:11 – 03:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:24 – 04:36 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Maghā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

🌌 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 Year5124 · Kali-5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871244.27 · 5123.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2459709.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1653° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)104.13° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 9/30)
🪷 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 (24.1653°) · declination 17.57° · EoT 3.68 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:2022-05-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)