पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 29, 2017 CE

Also observed today

कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.72 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा।कच्चिदज्ञानसंमोहः प्रनष्टस्ते धनञ्जय।।18.72।।

"18.72 O Arjuna! Hast thou listened attentively to My words? Has thy ignorance and thy delusion gone?" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.72's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1424

Malayalam Era: 1193

Nanakshahi: 548

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	162.00°	Kanyā	Hasta P1
चन्द्र Candra	262.00°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	140.62°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha	153.85°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	183.16°	Tulā	Citrā P3
शुक्र Śukra	136.69°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani	237.88°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:44 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:36 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:40 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	13:43 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	22:57 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 51 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 08 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:09 – 04:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:45 – 05:44
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:16 – 12:04
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:39 – 14:26
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:24 – 17:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:36 – 18:05
Amṛta Kāla	17:21 – 19:06
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:16 – 00:04

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:11 – 11:40
Yamaganda	14:38 – 16:07
Gulika Kāla	07:13 – 08:42
Varjyam	06:14 – 06:33
Dur Muhūrta	08:30 – 08:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (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 Chala	05:44 – 07:13 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	07:13 – 08:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	08:42 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:11 – 11:40 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	11:40 – 13:09 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:09 – 14:38 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	14:38 – 16:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	16:07 – 17:36 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	17:36 – 19:07 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	19:07 – 20:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	20:38 – 22:09 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:09 – 23:40 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	23:40 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:11 – 02:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	02:42 – 04:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	04:13 – 05:44 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869560.27
Julian Day	2458025.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1009°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	101.31°

🪷 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 (24.1009°), declination -2.42°, EoT 10.52 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: 2017-09-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)