पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 28, 2014 CE

Also observed today

विनायक चतुर्थी · Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 7.19 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga

बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते।

वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः।।7.19।।

"7.19 After many lives, at last the wise man realises Me as I am. A man so enlightened that he sees God everywhere is very difficult to find." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 7.19'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 Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	160.79°	Kanyā	Hasta P1
चन्द्र Candra	204.15°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	225.37°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4
बुध Budha	185.99°	Tulā	Citrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	110.61°	Karka	Aśleṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra	153.48°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani	205.92°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:43 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:38 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:40 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	09:35 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	19:33 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 55 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 04 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:07 – 04:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:43 – 05:43
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:17 – 12:04
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:40 – 14:27
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:26 – 17:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:38 – 18:08
Amṛta Kāla	17:23 – 19:08
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:17 – 00:04

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:09 – 17:38
Yamaganda	11:40 – 13:10
Gulika Kāla	14:39 – 16:09
Varjyam	06:13 – 06:32
Dur Muhūrta	08:30 – 08:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	05:43 – 07:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	07:12 – 08:42 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	08:42 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:11 – 11:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	11:40 – 13:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:10 – 14:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	14:39 – 16:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	16:09 – 17:38 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	17:38 – 19:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	19:09 – 20:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	20:39 – 22:10 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:10 – 23:40 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	23:40 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:11 – 02:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	02:42 – 04:12 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	04:12 – 05:43 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturthī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868463.27
Julian Day	2456928.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0589°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	45.55°

🪷 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 (24.0589°), declination -1.93°, EoT 10.18 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: 2014-09-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)