पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 15, 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 8.6 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम्।

तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावितः।।8.6।।
"8.6 On whatever sphere of being the mind of a man may be intent at the time of death, thither he will go." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.6'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 Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya177.55°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra79.18°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala237.42°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha181.59°TulāCitrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati113.39°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra174.70°KanyāCitrā P1
शनि Śani207.65°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:02 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:10 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:36 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:30 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:34 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 08 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 51 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:33 – 05:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:06 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:58
Vijaya Muhūrta13:27 – 14:12
Godhūli Muhūrta16:58 – 17:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:10 – 17:38
Amṛta Kāla16:55 – 18:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:36 – 12:59
Yamaganda07:25 – 08:49
Gulika Kāla10:12 – 11:36
Varjyam06:29 – 06:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:38 – 09:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:02 – 07:25 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:25 – 08:49 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:49 – 10:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:12 – 11:36 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:36 – 12:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:59 – 14:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:23 – 15:46 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:46 – 17:10 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:10 – 18:46 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:46 – 20:23 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:23 – 21:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:59 – 23:36 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:36 – 01:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:12 – 02:49 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:49 – 04:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:25 – 06:02 (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 Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868480.27
Julian Day2456945.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0596°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)260.86°
🪷 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 (24.0596°), declination -8.42°, EoT 14.86 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: 2014-10-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)