पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 24, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.15 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः।

माययापहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः।।7.15।।
"7.15 The sinner, the ignorant, the vile, deprived of spiritual perception by the glamour of Illusion, and he who pursues a godless life - none of them shall find Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya156.87°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra154.47°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala222.61°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha182.93°TulāCitrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati109.89°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra148.50°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani205.55°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:39 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:45 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:27 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:37 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:02 – 04:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:38 – 05:39
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta17:33 – 17:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:45 – 18:15
Amṛta Kāla17:30 – 19:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:42 – 13:13
Yamaganda07:09 – 08:40
Gulika Kāla10:11 – 11:42
Varjyam06:09 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta 08:28 – 08:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:39 – 07:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:09 – 08:40 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:40 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:11 – 11:42 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:42 – 13:13 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:13 – 14:43 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:43 – 16:14 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:14 – 17:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:45 – 19:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:14 – 20:43 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:43 – 22:13 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:13 – 23:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:42 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:11 – 02:40 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:40 – 04:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:09 – 05:39 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868459.27
Julian Day2456924.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0588°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)357.65°
🪷 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 (24.0588°), declination -0.37°, EoT 8.79 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: 2014-09-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)