पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 20, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.11 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम्।

परं भावमजानन्तो मम भूतमहेश्वरम्।।9.11।।
"9.11 Fools disregard Me, seeing Me clad in human form. They know not that in My higher nature I am the Lord-God of all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya123.35°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra136.05°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala0.64°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha125.54°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati264.17°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra77.41°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शनि Śani272.42°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:04 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:43 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:13 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:16 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 39 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 20 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:14 – 04:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:55 – 05:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta18:31 – 18:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:43 – 19:18
Amṛta Kāla18:28 – 20:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:21

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:36 – 15:19
Yamaganda05:04 – 06:46
Gulika Kāla08:29 – 10:11
Varjyam05:38 – 06:00
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:04 – 06:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:46 – 08:29 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:29 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:11 – 11:54 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:54 – 13:36 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:36 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:19 – 17:01 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:01 – 18:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:43 – 20:01 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:01 – 21:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:19 – 22:36 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:36 – 23:54 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:54 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:11 – 02:29 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:29 – 03:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:46 – 05:04 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870616.27
Julian Day2459081.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1413°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)10.98°
🪷 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 (24.1413°), declination 12.34°, EoT -3.05 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: 2020-08-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)