पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 20, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: सुब्रह्मण्य षष्ठी — Subrahmaṇya Ṣaṣṭhī
Worship of Kārttikeya as Subrahmaṇya.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.2 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः।

सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः।।18.2।।
"18.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: The sages say that renunciation means forgoing an action which springs from desire; and relinquishing means the surrender of its fruit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya122.66°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra181.75°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala102.88°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha145.38°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati127.03°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शुक्र Śukra115.68°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शनि Śani214.25°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:03 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:45 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:23 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:17 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 41 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 18 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:13 – 04:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:54 – 05:03
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta18:33 – 18:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:45 – 19:19
Amṛta Kāla18:30 – 20:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:21

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:36 – 15:19
Yamaganda05:03 – 06:45
Gulika Kāla08:28 – 10:11
Varjyam05:37 – 05:59
Dur Muhūrta 08:14 – 08:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:03 – 06:45 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:45 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:28 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:11 – 11:54 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:54 – 13:36 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:36 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:19 – 17:02 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:02 – 18:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:45 – 20:02 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:02 – 21:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:19 – 22:36 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:36 – 23:54 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:54 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:11 – 02:28 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:28 – 03:45 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:45 – 05:03 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868789.27
Julian Day2457254.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0714°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)63.20°
🪷 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 (24.0714°), declination 12.60°, EoT -3.05 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: 2015-08-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)