पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 20, 2044 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
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.16 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
मनःप्रसादः सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रहः।भावसंशुद्धिरित्येतत्तपो मानसमुच्यते।।17.16।।
"17.16 Serenity, kindness, silence, self-control and purity - this is austerity of mind." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2101 Īśvara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1966 Raktākṣī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1451
Malayalam Era: 1220
Nanakshahi: 575
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya35.22°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra303.88°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala140.73°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha12.92°MeṣaAśvinī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati282.61°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra46.66°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani211.35°VṛścikaViśākhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:25 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:09 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:22 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:01 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 43 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 16 Mins 48 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:28 – 03:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:12 – 04:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:17 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:57 – 19:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:09 – 19:45
Amṛta Kāla18:54 – 20:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:57 – 11:47
Yamaganda15:28 – 17:18
Gulika Kāla06:16 – 08:06
Varjyam05:02 – 05:26
Dur Muhūrta 07:51 – 08:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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 Chala04:25 – 06:16 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:16 – 08:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:06 – 09:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla09:57 – 11:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:47 – 13:37 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:37 – 15:28 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:28 – 17:18 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:18 – 19:09 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:09 – 20:18 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:18 – 21:28 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:28 – 22:37 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:37 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:47 – 00:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla00:57 – 02:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:06 – 03:16 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:16 – 04:25 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Śatabhiṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5146 · Kali-5146
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1879290.27 · 5145.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2467755.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.4730° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)271.90° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (24.4730°) · declination 20.08° · EoT 3.60 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:2044-05-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)