पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 7, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.50 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे।समासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा।।18.50।।
"18.50 I will now state briefly how he, who has reached perfection, finds the Eternal Spirit, the state of Supreme Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.50's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya140.52°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra329.58°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala126.69°SiṃhaMaghā P3
बुध Budha124.33°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati178.72°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra109.88°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शनि Śani237.05°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:22 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:14 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:30 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:18 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 52 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 07 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:39 – 04:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:17 – 05:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta18:02 – 18:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:14 – 18:47
Amṛta Kāla17:59 – 19:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 00:14

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:25 – 15:01
Yamaganda05:22 – 06:58
Gulika Kāla08:35 – 10:11
Varjyam05:54 – 06:14
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:22 – 06:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:58 – 08:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:35 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:11 – 11:48 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:48 – 13:25 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:25 – 15:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:01 – 16:38 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:38 – 18:14 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:14 – 19:38 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:38 – 21:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:01 – 22:25 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:25 – 23:48 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:48 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:11 – 02:35 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:35 – 03:58 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:58 – 05:22 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869538.27
Julian Day2458003.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1000°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)188.57°
🪷 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 (24.1000°), declination 6.05°, EoT 2.56 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: 2017-09-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)