पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 2, 2019 CE

Also observed today

विनायक चतुर्थी · Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 1.26 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga

तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितृ़नथ पितामहान्।

आचार्यान्मातुलान्भ्रातृ़न्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा।।1.26।।

"1.26 There Arjuna noticed fathers, grandfathers, uncles, cousins, sons, grandsons, teachers, friends;" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 1.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi

Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri

Bengali Saṁvat: 1426

Malayalam Era: 1195

Nanakshahi: 550

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	164.44°	Kanyā	Hasta P2
चन्द्र Candra	209.54°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	154.21°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha	183.67°	Tulā	Citrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	234.21°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	177.34°	Kanyā	Citrā P2
शनि Śani	259.87°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:47 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:31 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:39 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	09:47 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	19:32 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 44 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 15 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:13 – 05:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:48 – 05:47
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:16 – 12:03
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:36 – 14:23
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:19 – 17:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:31 – 18:01
Amṛta Kāla	17:16 – 19:01
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:16 – 00:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:39 – 13:07
Yamaganda	07:15 – 08:43
Gulika Kāla	10:11 – 11:39
Varjyam	06:16 – 06:35
Dur Muhūrta	08:31 – 08:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	05:47 – 07:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	07:15 – 08:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	08:43 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:11 – 11:39 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	11:39 – 13:07 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:07 – 14:35 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	14:35 – 16:03 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	16:03 – 17:31 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	17:31 – 19:03 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	19:03 – 20:35 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	20:35 – 22:07 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:07 – 23:39 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	23:39 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:11 – 02:43 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	02:43 – 04:15 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	04:15 – 05:47 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturthī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870293.27
Julian Day	2458758.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1289°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	43.61°

🪷 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 (24.1289°), declination -3.40°, EoT 11.48 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: 2019-10-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)