पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 11, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: अक्षय नवमी — Akṣaya Navamī (Āmlā Navamī)
Worship of Āmlā tree; equivalent merit to Akṣaya Tṛtīyā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.56 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः।मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्।।18.56।।
"18.56 Relying on Me in all his action and doing them for My sake, he attains, by My Grace, Eternal and Unchangeable Life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.56's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya204.76°TulāViśākhā P2
चन्द्र Candra305.05°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala141.24°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha188.26°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati85.83°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra251.21°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani200.47°TulāViśākhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:35 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:34 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:56 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:36 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 59 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 00 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:16 – 05:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:45 – 06:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:15 – 13:55
Godhūli Muhūrta16:22 – 16:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:34 – 16:59
Amṛta Kāla16:19 – 18:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 23:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:50 – 09:05
Yamaganda10:20 – 11:35
Gulika Kāla12:50 – 14:05
Varjyam07:00 – 07:16
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:35 – 07:50 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:50 – 09:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:05 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:20 – 11:35 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:35 – 12:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:50 – 14:05 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:05 – 15:20 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:20 – 16:34 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:34 – 18:20 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:20 – 20:05 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:05 – 21:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:50 – 23:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:35 – 01:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:20 – 03:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:05 – 04:50 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:50 – 06:35 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868142.27
Julian Day2456607.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0466°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)98.55°
🪷 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 (24.0466°), declination -17.41°, EoT 15.59 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: 2013-11-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)