पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 5, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: गणेश चतुर्थी — Gaṇeśa Caturthī
Gaṇeśa's birth day; 11-day festival in Maharashtra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.26 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन।

भविष्याणि च भूतानि मां तु वेद न कश्चन।।7.26।।
"7.26 I know, O Arjuna, all beings in the past, the present and the future; but they do not know Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla 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)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya138.83°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra180.10°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala232.00°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha153.44°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati154.39°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra162.99°KanyāHasta P1
शनि Śani225.91°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:20 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:17 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:05 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:03 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 57 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 02 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:36 – 04:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:15 – 05:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:23 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta18:05 – 18:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:17 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:02 – 19:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:23 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:57 – 08:34
Yamaganda10:11 – 11:49
Gulika Kāla13:26 – 15:03
Varjyam05:52 – 06:13
Dur Muhūrta 08:21 – 08:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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):
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 Amṛta05:20 – 06:57 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:57 – 08:34 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:34 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:11 – 11:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:49 – 13:26 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:26 – 15:03 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:03 – 16:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:40 – 18:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:17 – 19:40 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:40 – 21:03 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:03 – 22:26 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:26 – 23:49 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:49 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:11 – 02:34 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:34 – 03:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:57 – 05:20 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869171.27
Julian Day2457636.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0860°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)44.55°
🪷 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 (24.0860°), declination 6.71°, EoT 1.85 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: 2016-09-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)