पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 10, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.2 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः।

यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते।।7.2।।
"7.2 I will reveal to this knowledge unto thee, and how it may be realised; which, once accomplished, there remains nothing else worth having in this life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya173.11°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra102.76°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala217.89°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha192.43°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati51.95°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra133.71°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani186.19°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:57 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:17 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:42 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:09 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 20 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 39 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:26 – 05:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:00 – 05:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 11:59
Vijaya Muhūrta13:30 – 14:16
Godhūli Muhūrta17:05 – 17:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:17 – 17:45
Amṛta Kāla17:02 – 18:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 23:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:37 – 13:02
Yamaganda07:22 – 08:47
Gulika Kāla10:12 – 11:37
Varjyam06:25 – 06:43
Dur Muhūrta 08:35 – 08:58

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:57 – 07:22 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:22 – 08:47 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:47 – 10:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:12 – 11:37 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:37 – 13:02 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:02 – 14:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:27 – 15:52 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:52 – 17:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:17 – 18:52 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:52 – 20:27 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:27 – 22:02 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:02 – 23:37 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:37 – 01:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:12 – 02:47 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:47 – 04:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:22 – 05:57 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867745.27
Julian Day2456210.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0314°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)292.17°
🪷 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 (24.0314°), declination -6.73°, EoT 13.74 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: 2012-10-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)