पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 14, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: कालभैरव अष्टमी — Kālabhairava Aṣṭamī
Kālabhairava's manifestation; Kāśī-kṣetrapāla.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.4 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसंमोहः क्षमा सत्यं दमः शमः।

सुखं दुःखं भवोऽभावो भयं चाभयमेव च।।10.4।।
"10.4 Intelligence, wisdom, non-illusion, forgiveness, truth, self-control, calmness, pleasure, pain, birth, death, fear and fearlessness;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya237.89°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra142.57°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala282.73°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha240.81°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.75°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra249.96°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani214.62°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:11 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:21 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:46 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:02 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:47 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 09 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 50 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:58 – 06:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:25 – 07:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:04
Vijaya Muhūrta13:18 – 13:54
Godhūli Muhūrta16:09 – 16:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:21 – 16:44
Amṛta Kāla16:06 – 17:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:04

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:12 – 16:21
Yamaganda11:46 – 12:55
Gulika Kāla14:03 – 15:12
Varjyam07:34 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:38

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:11 – 08:20 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:20 – 09:28 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:28 – 10:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:37 – 11:46 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:46 – 12:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:55 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:03 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:12 – 16:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:21 – 18:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:12 – 20:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:03 – 21:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:55 – 23:46 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:46 – 01:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:37 – 03:28 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:28 – 05:20 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:20 – 07:11 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868540.27
Julian Day2457005.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0619°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)266.64°
🪷 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 (24.0619°), declination -23.19°, EoT 4.64 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: 2014-12-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)