पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 10, 2057 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: वामन जयन्ती — Vāmana Jayantī
Vāmana's three-step measure of all worlds; Bali's surrender. (= Onam in Kerala.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.14 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः।प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम्।।15.14।।
"15.14 Becoming the fire of life, I pass into their bodies and, uniting with the vital streams of Prana and Apana, I digest the various kinds of food." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2114 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1979 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1464
Malayalam Era: 1233
Nanakshahi: 588
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya143.19°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra282.81°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala179.61°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha126.56°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati316.36°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra115.54°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शनि Śani10.27°MeṣaAśvinī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:25 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:09 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:11 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:59 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 43 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 16 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:43 – 04:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:21 – 05:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:45
Godhūli Muhūrta17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:09 – 18:40
Amṛta Kāla17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:12

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:01 – 08:36
Yamaganda10:11 – 11:47
Gulika Kāla13:22 – 14:58
Varjyam05:57 – 06:17
Dur Muhūrta 08:23 – 08:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:25 – 07:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:01 – 08:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:36 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:11 – 11:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:47 – 13:22 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:22 – 14:58 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:58 – 16:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:33 – 18:09 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:09 – 19:33 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:33 – 20:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:58 – 22:22 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:22 – 23:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:47 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:11 – 02:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:36 – 04:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:01 – 05:25 (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 Year5159 · Kali-5159
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1884151.27 · 5158.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2472616.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.6589° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)141.33° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (24.6589°) · declination 4.80° · EoT 3.65 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:2057-09-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)