पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 3, 2096 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: मोहिनी एकादशी — Mohinī Ekādaśī
Mohinī-form of Viṣṇu deceived asuras during samudra-mathana for amṛta.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.37 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्।तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्।।18.37।।
"18.37 Which at first seems like poison but afterwards acts like nectar - that pleasure is Pure, for it is born of Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2153 Śukla
Śaka Saṁvat: 2018 Nala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1503
Malayalam Era: 1272
Nanakshahi: 627
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya18.47°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra150.12°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala43.07°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
बुध Budha356.89°MīnaRevatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati51.11°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra13.96°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शनि Śani122.15°SiṃhaMaghā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:43 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:52 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:24 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:44 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 08 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 51 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:50 – 03:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:32 – 04:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta18:40 – 19:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:52 – 19:27
Amṛta Kāla18:37 – 20:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:33 – 15:19
Yamaganda04:43 – 06:29
Gulika Kāla08:15 – 10:01
Varjyam05:19 – 05:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:01 – 08:29

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:43 – 06:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:29 – 08:15 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:15 – 10:01 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:01 – 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 – 18:52 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:52 – 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 – 01:01 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:01 – 02:15 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:15 – 03:29 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:29 – 04:43 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5198 · Kali-5198
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1898266.27 · 5197.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2486731.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)25.1988° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)129.51° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (25.1988°) · declination 15.94° · 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:2096-05-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)