पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 26, 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 7.17 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्ितर्विशिष्यते।

प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः।।7.17।।
"7.17 Of all of these, he who has gained wisdom, who meditates on Me without ceasing, devoting himself only to Me, he is the best; for by the wise man I am exceedingly beloved and the wise man, too, is beloved by Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla 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)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya158.83°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra178.91°KanyāCitrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala223.98°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
बुध Budha184.59°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati110.26°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra150.99°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani205.73°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:41 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:41 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:31 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:32 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:05 – 04:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:41 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:17 – 12:05
Vijaya Muhūrta13:41 – 14:29
Godhūli Muhūrta17:29 – 17:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:41 – 18:11
Amṛta Kāla17:26 – 19:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 00:05

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:11 – 11:41
Yamaganda14:41 – 16:11
Gulika Kāla07:11 – 08:41
Varjyam06:11 – 06:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:29 – 08:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:41 – 07:11 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:11 – 08:41 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:41 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:11 – 11:41 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:41 – 13:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:11 – 14:41 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:41 – 16:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:11 – 17:41 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:41 – 19:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:11 – 20:41 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:41 – 22:11 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:11 – 23:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:41 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:11 – 02:41 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:41 – 04:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:11 – 05:41 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868461.27
Julian Day2456926.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0588°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)21.36°
🪷 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 -1.15°, EoT 9.50 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: 2014-09-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)