पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 14, 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 8.5 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम्।

यः प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः।।8.5।।
"8.5 Whosoever at the time of death thinks only of Me, and thinking thus leaves the body and goes forth, assuredly he will know Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.5'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 Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya176.56°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra66.80°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala236.69°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha182.77°TulāCitrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati113.24°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra173.45°KanyāCitrā P1
शनि Śani207.55°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:00 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:11 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:36 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:42 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:52 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 10 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 49 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:31 – 05:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:05 – 06:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 11:58
Vijaya Muhūrta13:28 – 14:12
Godhūli Muhūrta16:59 – 17:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:11 – 17:39
Amṛta Kāla16:56 – 18:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 23:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:24 – 15:47
Yamaganda08:48 – 10:12
Gulika Kāla11:36 – 13:00
Varjyam06:28 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 08:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:00 – 07:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:24 – 08:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:48 – 10:12 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:12 – 11:36 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:36 – 13:00 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:00 – 14:24 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:24 – 15:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:47 – 17:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:11 – 18:47 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:47 – 20:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:24 – 22:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:00 – 23:36 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:36 – 01:12 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:12 – 02:48 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:48 – 04:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:24 – 06:00 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868479.27
Julian Day2456944.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0595°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)249.77°
🪷 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 (24.0595°), declination -8.05°, EoT 14.65 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: 2014-10-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)