पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 18, 2031 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: मासिक शिवरात्रि — Māsika Śivarātri
Monthly Śiva observance.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.8 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः।

शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः।।3.8।।
"3.8 Do thy duty as prescribed, for action for duty's sake is superior to inaction. Even the maintenance of the body would be impossible if man remained inactive." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2088 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1953 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1438
Malayalam Era: 1207
Nanakshahi: 562
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya90.97°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra74.24°MithunaĀrdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala196.67°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha116.96°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati236.11°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra121.54°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani53.52°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:30 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:22 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:16 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:23 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 52 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 07 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:31 – 03:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:16 – 04:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta19:10 – 19:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:22 – 20:00
Amṛta Kāla19:07 – 20:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:05 – 11:56
Yamaganda15:39 – 17:31
Gulika Kāla06:22 – 08:13
Varjyam05:08 – 05:31
Dur Muhūrta 07:59 – 08:28

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:30 – 06:22 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:22 – 08:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:13 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:05 – 11:56 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:56 – 13:48 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:48 – 15:39 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:39 – 17:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:31 – 19:22 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:22 – 20:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:31 – 21:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:39 – 22:48 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:48 – 23:56 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:56 – 01:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:05 – 02:13 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:13 – 03:22 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:22 – 04:30 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5133 · Kali-5133
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874600.27 · 5132.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2463065.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.2936° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)343.24° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (24.2936°) · declination 21.08° · EoT -5.86 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:2031-07-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)