पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 11, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.2 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अधियज्ञः कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन।

प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभिः।।8.2।।
"8.2 Who is it who rules the spirit sacrifice in many; and at the time of death how may those who have learned self-control come to the knowledge of Thee?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.2'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 Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya144.66°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra252.05°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala235.53°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha148.47°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati155.67°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra170.33°KanyāHasta P4
शनि Śani226.16°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:26 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:07 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:23 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:29 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 41 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 18 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:45 – 04:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:23 – 05:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta17:55 – 18:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:07 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla17:52 – 19:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:12

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:32 – 18:07
Yamaganda11:47 – 13:22
Gulika Kāla14:57 – 16:32
Varjyam05:58 – 06:18
Dur Muhūrta 08:24 – 08:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:26 – 07:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:01 – 08:36 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:36 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:11 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:47 – 13:22 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:22 – 14:57 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:57 – 16:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:32 – 18:07 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:07 – 19:32 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:32 – 20:57 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:57 – 22:22 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:22 – 23:47 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:47 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:11 – 02:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:36 – 04:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:01 – 05:26 (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)1869177.27
Julian Day2457642.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0862°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)109.64°
🪷 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 (24.0862°), declination 4.45°, EoT 4.01 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: 2016-09-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)