पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 19, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.7 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च।

मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्मामेवैष्यस्यसंशयम्।।8.7।।
"8.7 Therefore meditate always on Me, and fight; if thy mind and thy reason be fixed on Me, to Me shalt thou surely come." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya92.71°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra71.64°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala347.44°MīnaRevatī P1
बुध Budha72.91°MithunaĀrdrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati267.59°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra49.73°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani274.62°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:32 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:21 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:58 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:07 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 49 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 10 Mins 37 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:33 – 03:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:18 – 04:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta19:09 – 19:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:21 – 19:58
Amṛta Kāla19:06 – 20:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:30 – 19:21
Yamaganda11:56 – 13:48
Gulika Kāla15:39 – 17:30
Varjyam05:09 – 05:33
Dur Muhūrta 07:59 – 08:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:32 – 06:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:23 – 08:14 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:14 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:05 – 11:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:56 – 13:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:48 – 15:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:39 – 17:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:30 – 19:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:21 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:30 – 21:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:39 – 22:48 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:48 – 23:56 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:56 – 01:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:05 – 02:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:14 – 03:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:23 – 04:32 (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 Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870584.27
Julian Day2459049.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1400°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)338.30°
🪷 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 (24.1400°), declination 20.78°, EoT -5.93 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: 2020-07-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)