पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 21, 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 7.9 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ।

जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु।।7.9।।
"7.9 I am the Fragrance of earth, the Brilliance of fire. I am the Life Force in all beings, and I am the Austerity of the ascetics." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.9'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 Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya94.15°KarkaPuṣya P1
चन्द्र Candra198.58°TulāSvātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala281.42°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha118.10°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.28°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra137.72°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani249.98°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:33 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:20 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:49 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:59 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 46 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 13 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:35 – 03:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:19 – 04:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta19:08 – 19:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:20 – 19:57
Amṛta Kāla19:05 – 20:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:15 – 10:06
Yamaganda13:47 – 15:38
Gulika Kāla04:33 – 06:24
Varjyam05:10 – 05:34
Dur Muhūrta 08:00 – 08:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:33 – 06:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:24 – 08:15 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:15 – 10:06 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:06 – 11:57 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:57 – 13:47 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:47 – 15:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:38 – 17:29 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:29 – 19:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:20 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:29 – 21:38 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:38 – 22:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:47 – 23:57 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:57 – 01:06 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:06 – 02:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:15 – 03:24 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:24 – 04:33 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Svātī alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869855.27
Julian Day2458320.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1121°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)101.62°
🪷 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 20.51°, EoT -6.05 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: 2018-07-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)