पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 3, 2091 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: बुद्ध पूर्णिमा — Buddha Pūrṇimā
Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and mahāparinirvāṇa all on this Vaiśākha Pūrṇimā. Most sacred Buddhist + Vaishnava day.
Historical anchor: Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (Lumbinī, Nepal) — -0562-04-11 →

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.2 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव।

न ह्यसंन्यस्तसङ्कल्पो योगी भवति कश्चन।।6.2।।
"6.2 O Arjuna! Renunciation is in fact what is called Right Action. No one can become spiritual who has not renounced all desire." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2148 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 2013 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1498
Malayalam Era: 1267
Nanakshahi: 622
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya17.78°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra192.67°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala131.55°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha353.48°MīnaRevatī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati266.37°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra354.34°MīnaRevatī P3
शनि Śani57.24°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:44 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:51 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:16 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:38 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 06 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 53 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:51 – 03:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:34 – 04:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta18:39 – 19:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:51 – 19:26
Amṛta Kāla18:36 – 20:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:33 – 15:19
Yamaganda04:44 – 06:30
Gulika Kāla08:16 – 10:02
Varjyam05:19 – 05:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:02 – 08:30

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (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):
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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:44 – 06:30 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:30 – 08:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:16 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:02 – 11:47 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:47 – 13:33 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:33 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:19 – 17:05 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:05 – 18:51 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:51 – 20:05 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:05 – 21:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:19 – 22:33 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:33 – 23:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:47 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:02 – 02:16 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:16 – 03:30 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:30 – 04:44 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · festival walk
Today is Buddha Pūrṇimā — its dedicated walk.
Bhāgavata 1.3.24 (Buddha as 21st avatāra) + BG 12.13 (compassion) + Dhammapada parallels.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Svātī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

🌌 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 Year5193 · Kali-5193
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1896439.27 · 5192.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2484904.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)25.1289° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)175.59° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 15/30)
🪷 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 (25.1289°) · declination 15.71° · EoT 3.15 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:2091-05-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)