पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 14, 2011 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.9 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव च।अधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते।।15.9।।
"15.9 He is the perception of the ear, the eye, the touch, the taste and the smell, yea and of the mind also; and the enjoyment the things which they perceive is also His." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya116.92°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra299.80°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala72.85°MithunaĀrdrā P2
बुध Budha122.20°SiṃhaMaghā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati15.81°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra116.10°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शनि Śani169.15°KanyāHasta P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:56 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:53 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:53 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:20 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 56 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 03 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:05 – 04:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:47 – 04:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta18:41 – 19:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:53 – 19:28
Amṛta Kāla18:38 – 20:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:09 – 18:53
Yamaganda11:55 – 13:40
Gulika Kāla15:24 – 17:09
Varjyam05:31 – 05:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:12 – 08:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:56 – 06:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:41 – 08:26 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:26 – 10:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:10 – 11:55 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:55 – 13:40 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:40 – 15:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:24 – 17:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:09 – 18:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:53 – 20:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:09 – 21:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:24 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:40 – 23:55 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:55 – 01:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:10 – 02:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:26 – 03:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:41 – 04:56 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867322.27
Julian Day2455787.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0153°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)184.87°
🪷 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 (24.0153°), declination 14.52°, EoT -4.37 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: 2011-08-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)