पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 12, 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 7.2 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः।

यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते।।7.2।।
"7.2 I will reveal to this knowledge unto thee, and how it may be realised; which, once accomplished, there remains nothing else worth having in this life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.2'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 Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya115.69°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra219.61°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala219.62°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha142.39°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati149.48°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra133.57°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani225.50°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:55 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:55 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:07 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:34 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 59 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 00 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:03 – 03:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:45 – 04:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:43 – 19:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:55 – 19:30
Amṛta Kāla18:40 – 20:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:10 – 11:55
Yamaganda15:25 – 17:10
Gulika Kāla06:40 – 08:25
Varjyam05:30 – 05:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:11 – 08:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
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):
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 Chala04:55 – 06:40 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:40 – 08:25 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:25 – 10:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:10 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:55 – 13:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:40 – 15:25 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:25 – 17:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:10 – 18:55 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:55 – 20:10 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:10 – 21:25 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:25 – 22:40 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:40 – 23:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:55 – 01:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:10 – 02:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:25 – 03:40 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:40 – 04:55 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Anurādhā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869147.27
Julian Day2457612.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0851°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)105.12°
🪷 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 (24.0851°), declination 14.88°, EoT -4.74 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: 2016-08-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)