पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 2, 2017 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 18.14 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम्।विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम्।।18.14।।
"18.14 They are a body, a personality, physical organs, their manifold activity and destiny." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya105.86°KarkaPuṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra222.35°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala103.73°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha132.63°SiṃhaMaghā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati172.70°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra67.29°MithunaĀrdrā P1
शनि Śani237.36°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:45 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:08 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:01 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:24 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 23 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 36 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:50 – 03:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:33 – 04:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta18:56 – 19:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:08 – 19:44
Amṛta Kāla18:53 – 20:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:56 – 13:44
Yamaganda06:33 – 08:21
Gulika Kāla10:09 – 11:56
Varjyam05:21 – 05:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:06 – 08:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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):
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 Labha04:45 – 06:33 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:33 – 08:21 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:21 – 10:09 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:09 – 11:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:56 – 13:44 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:44 – 15:32 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:32 – 17:20 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:20 – 19:08 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:08 – 20:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:20 – 21:32 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:32 – 22:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:44 – 23:56 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:56 – 01:09 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:09 – 02:21 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:21 – 03:33 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:33 – 04:45 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869502.27
Julian Day2457967.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0986°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)114.90°
🪷 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 (24.0986°), declination 17.75°, EoT -5.95 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: 2017-08-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)