पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 26, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.16 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन।

आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ।।7.16।।
"7.16 O Arjuna! The righteous who worship Me are grouped by stages: first, they who suffer, next they who desire knowledge, then they who thirst after truth, and lastly they who attain wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya129.16°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra50.73°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala226.47°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
बुध Budha153.99°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati152.30°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra150.74°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani225.63°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:10 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:34 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:07 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:09 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 24 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 35 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:23 – 04:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:03 – 05:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta18:22 – 18:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:34 – 19:08
Amṛta Kāla18:19 – 20:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:11 – 11:52
Yamaganda15:13 – 16:54
Gulika Kāla06:50 – 08:31
Varjyam05:43 – 06:05
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:44

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:10 – 06:50 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:50 – 08:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:31 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:11 – 11:52 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:52 – 13:32 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:32 – 15:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:13 – 16:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:54 – 18:34 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:34 – 19:54 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:54 – 21:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:13 – 22:32 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:32 – 23:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:52 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:11 – 02:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:31 – 03:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:50 – 05:10 (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 Kṛṣṇa Navamī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869161.27
Julian Day2457626.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0856°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)280.50°
🪷 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 (24.0856°), declination 10.31°, EoT -1.42 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: 2016-08-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)