पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 8, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.46 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
तपस्विभ्योऽधिको योगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपि मतोऽधिकः।

कर्मिभ्यश्चाधिको योगी तस्माद्योगी भवार्जुन।।6.46।।
"6.46 The wise man is superior to the ascetic and to the scholar and to the man of action; therefore be thou a wise man, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.46's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya141.27°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra306.59°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala211.87°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
बुध Budha164.13°KanyāHasta P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati106.82°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra128.65°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शनि Śani204.23°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:22 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:13 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:27 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:11 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 50 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 09 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:39 – 04:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:18 – 05:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta18:01 – 18:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:13 – 18:45
Amṛta Kāla17:58 – 19:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:59 – 08:35
Yamaganda10:11 – 11:48
Gulika Kāla13:24 – 15:00
Varjyam05:54 – 06:15
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:22 – 06:59 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:59 – 08:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:35 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:11 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:48 – 13:24 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:24 – 15:00 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:00 – 16:37 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:37 – 18:13 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:13 – 19:37 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:37 – 21:00 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:00 – 22:24 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:24 – 23:48 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:48 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:11 – 02:35 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:35 – 03:59 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:59 – 05:22 (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 Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868443.27
Julian Day2456908.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0581°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)166.59°
🪷 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 (24.0581°), declination 5.78°, EoT 2.92 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: 2014-09-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)