पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 14, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.9 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अन्ये च बहवः शूरा मदर्थे त्यक्तजीविताः।

नानाशस्त्रप्रहरणाः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः।।1.9।।
"1.9 And many others, all ready to die for my sake; all armed, all skilled in war." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya176.79°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra106.49°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala150.10°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha180.13°TulāCitrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati186.37°TulāCitrā P4
शुक्र Śukra155.22°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani238.84°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:01 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:11 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:36 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:45 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:04 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 10 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 49 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:31 – 05:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:05 – 06:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 11:58
Vijaya Muhūrta13:28 – 14:12
Godhūli Muhūrta16:59 – 17:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:11 – 17:39
Amṛta Kāla16:56 – 18:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 23:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:48 – 10:12
Yamaganda13:00 – 14:23
Gulika Kāla06:01 – 07:25
Varjyam06:29 – 06:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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):
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 · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:01 – 07:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:25 – 08:48 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:48 – 10:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:12 – 11:36 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:36 – 13:00 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:00 – 14:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:23 – 15:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:47 – 17:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:11 – 18:47 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:47 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:23 – 22:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:00 – 23:36 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:36 – 01:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:12 – 02:48 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:48 – 04:25 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:25 – 06:01 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869575.27
Julian Day2458040.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1014°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)288.63°
🪷 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 (24.1014°), declination -8.15°, EoT 14.65 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: 2017-10-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)