पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 19, 2018 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 7.7 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga🪷 Mattaḥ Parataraṁ Nānyat · Krishna IS the thread
मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय।

मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव।।7.7।।
"7.7 O Arjuna! There is nothing higher than Me; all is strung upon Me as rows of pearls upon a thread." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya92.24°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra172.53°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala281.92°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha117.15°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.22°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra135.53°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani250.11°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:31 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:22 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:38 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:57 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 50 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 09 Mins 47 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:33 – 03:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:17 – 04:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta19:10 – 19:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:22 – 19:59
Amṛta Kāla19:07 – 20:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:48 – 15:39
Yamaganda04:31 – 06:23
Gulika Kāla08:14 – 10:05
Varjyam05:08 – 05:32
Dur Muhūrta 07:59 – 08:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:31 – 06:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:23 – 08:14 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:14 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:05 – 11:56 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:56 – 13:48 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:48 – 15:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:39 – 17:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:30 – 19:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:22 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:30 – 21:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:39 – 22:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:48 – 23:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:56 – 01:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:05 – 02:14 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:14 – 03:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:23 – 04:31 (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 Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869853.27
Julian Day2458318.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1121°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)77.43°
🪷 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 (24.1121°), declination 20.88°, EoT -5.93 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: 2018-07-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)