पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 26, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya188.48°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra213.90°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala245.44°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha172.56°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati114.90°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra188.47°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani208.88°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:15 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:54 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:27 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:04 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 38 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 21 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:50 – 05:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:22 – 06:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:56
Vijaya Muhūrta13:21 – 14:03
Godhūli Muhūrta16:42 – 17:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:54 – 17:20
Amṛta Kāla16:39 – 18:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:34 – 16:54
Yamaganda11:34 – 12:54
Gulika Kāla14:14 – 15:34
Varjyam06:41 – 06:58
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:15 – 07:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:35 – 08:55 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:55 – 10:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:14 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:34 – 12:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:54 – 14:14 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:14 – 15:34 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:34 – 16:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:54 – 18:34 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:34 – 20:14 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:14 – 21:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:54 – 23:34 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:34 – 01:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:14 – 02:55 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:55 – 04:35 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:35 – 06:15 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868491.27
Julian Day2456956.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0600°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)25.69°
🪷 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 (24.0600°), declination -12.35°, EoT 16.30 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: 2014-10-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)