पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 6, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: अक्षय नवमी — Akṣaya Navamī (Āmlā Navamī)
Worship of Āmlā tree; equivalent merit to Akṣaya Tṛtīyā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.14 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः।

आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत।।2.14।।
"2.14 Those external relations which bring cold and heat, pain and happiness, they come and go; they are not permanent. Endure them bravely, O Prince!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya199.20°TulāSvātī P4
चन्द्र Candra306.79°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala176.88°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha211.28°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati240.23°DhanuMūla P1
शुक्र Śukra220.84°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani261.60°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:28 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:40 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:22 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:07 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 11 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 48 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:07 – 05:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:37 – 06:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:16 – 13:57
Godhūli Muhūrta16:28 – 16:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:40 – 17:06
Amṛta Kāla16:25 – 18:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 23:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:34 – 12:51
Yamaganda07:45 – 09:01
Gulika Kāla10:18 – 11:34
Varjyam06:54 – 07:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:28 – 07:45 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:45 – 09:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:01 – 10:18 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:18 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:34 – 12:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:51 – 14:07 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:07 – 15:24 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:24 – 16:40 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:40 – 18:24 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:24 – 20:07 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:07 – 21:51 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:51 – 23:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:34 – 01:18 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:18 – 03:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:01 – 04:45 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:45 – 06:28 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870328.27
Julian Day2458793.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1302°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)106.27°
🪷 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 (24.1302°), declination -15.84°, EoT 16.19 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: 2019-11-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)