पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 1, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: देवशयनी एकादशी — Devśayanī Ekādaśī
Bhagavān Viṣṇu enters yoga-nidrā; Cāturmāsya begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.19 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते।

वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः।।7.19।।
"7.19 After many lives, at last the wise man realises Me as I am. A man so enlightened that he sees God everywhere is very difficult to find." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya75.54°MithunaĀrdrā P3
चन्द्र Candra201.51°TulāViśākhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala337.33°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha75.28°MithunaĀrdrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati269.87°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra41.44°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शनि Śani275.90°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:19 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:29 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:16 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:20 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 10 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 49 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:17 – 03:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:03 – 04:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta19:17 – 19:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:29 – 20:07
Amṛta Kāla19:14 – 20:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:54 – 13:48
Yamaganda06:13 – 08:06
Gulika Kāla10:00 – 11:54
Varjyam04:57 – 05:21
Dur Muhūrta 07:51 – 08:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 Labha04:19 – 06:13 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:13 – 08:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:06 – 10:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:00 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:54 – 13:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:48 – 15:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:42 – 17:35 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:35 – 19:29 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:29 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:35 – 21:42 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:42 – 22:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:48 – 23:54 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:54 – 01:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:00 – 02:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:06 – 03:13 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:13 – 04:19 (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 Ekādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870566.27
Julian Day2459031.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1393°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)127.12°
🪷 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 (24.1393°), declination 23.08°, EoT -3.47 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: 2020-07-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)