पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 23, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.15 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते।

एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम्।।9.15।।
"9.15 Others worship Me with full consciousness as the One, the Manifold, the Omnipresent, the Universal." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya155.86°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra312.17°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala278.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha157.19°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati206.44°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra193.70°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani248.54°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:38 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:47 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:38 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:37 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 09 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 50 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:00 – 04:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:37 – 05:38
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:32
Godhūli Muhūrta17:35 – 17:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:47 – 18:17
Amṛta Kāla17:32 – 19:17
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:15 – 17:47
Yamaganda11:42 – 13:13
Gulika Kāla14:44 – 16:15
Varjyam06:08 – 06:27
Dur Muhūrta 08:28 – 08:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:38 – 07:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:09 – 08:40 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:40 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:11 – 11:42 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:42 – 13:13 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:13 – 14:44 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:44 – 16:15 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:15 – 17:47 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:47 – 19:15 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:15 – 20:44 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:44 – 22:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:13 – 23:42 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:42 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:11 – 02:40 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:40 – 04:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:09 – 05:38 (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)1869919.27
Julian Day2458384.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1146°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)155.59°
🪷 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 (24.1146°), declination 0.01°, EoT 8.44 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: 2018-09-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)