पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 7, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.44 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः।

जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते।।6.44।।
"6.44 Unconsciously he will return to the practices of his old life; so that he who tries to realise spiritual consciousness is certainly superior to one who only talks of it." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya110.89°KarkaAśleṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra159.96°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala217.48°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha136.16°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.51°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra127.43°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शनि Śani225.54°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:50 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:02 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:15 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:10 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 11 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 48 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:57 – 03:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:39 – 04:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:50 – 19:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:02 – 19:37
Amṛta Kāla18:47 – 20:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:15 – 19:02
Yamaganda11:56 – 13:42
Gulika Kāla15:29 – 17:15
Varjyam05:26 – 05:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:09 – 08:37

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:50 – 06:37 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:37 – 08:23 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:23 – 10:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:10 – 11:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:56 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:42 – 15:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:29 – 17:15 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:15 – 19:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:02 – 20:15 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:15 – 21:29 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:29 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:42 – 23:56 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:56 – 01:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:10 – 02:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:23 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:37 – 04:50 (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 Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869142.27
Julian Day2457607.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0849°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)51.35°
🪷 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 (24.0849°), declination 16.34°, EoT -5.48 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: 2016-08-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)