पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 5, 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 7.24 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
अव्यक्तं व्यक्ितमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः।

परं भावमजानन्तो ममाव्ययमनुत्तमम्।।7.24।।
"7.24 The ignorant think of Me, who am the Unmanifested Spirit, as if I were really in human form. They do not understand that My Superior Nature is changeless and most excellent." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya108.49°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra21.94°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala277.42°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha115.26°KarkaAśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati200.07°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra153.65°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani249.13°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:48 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:05 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:04 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:16 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 17 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 42 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:53 – 03:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:36 – 04:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta18:53 – 19:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:05 – 19:41
Amṛta Kāla18:50 – 20:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:18 – 19:05
Yamaganda11:56 – 13:43
Gulika Kāla15:31 – 17:18
Varjyam05:23 – 05:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:08 – 08:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:48 – 06:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:35 – 08:22 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:22 – 10:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:09 – 11:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:56 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:43 – 15:31 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:31 – 17:18 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:18 – 19:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:05 – 20:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:18 – 21:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:31 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:43 – 23:56 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:56 – 01:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:09 – 02:22 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:22 – 03:35 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:35 – 04:48 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869870.27
Julian Day2458335.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1127°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)277.09°
🪷 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 (24.1127°), declination 17.02°, EoT -5.70 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: 2018-08-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)