पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 16, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.7 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्।

कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम्।।9.7।।
"9.7 All beings, O Arjuna, return at the close of every cosmic cycle into the realm of Nature, which is a part of Me, and at the beginning of the next I send them forth again." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.7'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 Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya119.51°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra79.76°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala359.46°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha117.55°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati264.48°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra73.44°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शनि Śani272.66°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:00 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:49 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:44 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:47 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 49 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 10 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:09 – 04:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:50 – 05:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta18:37 – 19:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:49 – 19:24
Amṛta Kāla18:34 – 20:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:06 – 18:49
Yamaganda11:54 – 13:38
Gulika Kāla15:22 – 17:06
Varjyam05:34 – 05:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:13 – 08:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
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 Udveg05:00 – 06:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:43 – 08:27 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:27 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:11 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:54 – 13:38 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:38 – 15:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:22 – 17:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:06 – 18:49 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:49 – 20:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:06 – 21:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:22 – 22:38 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:38 – 23:54 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:54 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:11 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:27 – 03:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:43 – 05:00 (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)1870612.27
Julian Day2459077.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1411°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)320.70°
🪷 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 (24.1411°), declination 13.64°, EoT -3.97 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: 2020-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)