पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 25, 2009 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.18 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः।जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः।।14.18।।
"14.18 When Purity is in the ascendant, the man evolves; when Passion, he neither evolves nor degenerates; when Ignorance, he is lost." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya128.00°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra189.16°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala65.44°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
बुध Budha155.21°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati297.09°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra93.93°KarkaPuṣya P1
शनि Śani147.85°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:08 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:36 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:40 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:14 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 27 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 32 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:21 – 04:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:01 – 05:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta18:24 – 18:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:36 – 19:10
Amṛta Kāla18:21 – 20:06
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:14 – 16:55
Yamaganda08:30 – 10:11
Gulika Kāla11:52 – 13:33
Varjyam05:42 – 06:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:44

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik 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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:08 – 06:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:49 – 08:30 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:30 – 10:11 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:11 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:52 – 13:33 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:33 – 15:14 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:14 – 16:55 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:55 – 18:36 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:36 – 19:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:55 – 21:14 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:14 – 22:33 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:33 – 23:52 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:52 – 01:11 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:11 – 02:30 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:30 – 03:49 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:49 – 05:08 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866603.27
Julian Day2455068.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9878°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)59.97°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (23.9878°), declination 10.77°, EoT -1.71 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2009-08-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)