पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 16, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.

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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.4 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसंमोहः क्षमा सत्यं दमः शमः।

सुखं दुःखं भवोऽभावो भयं चाभयमेव च।।10.4।।
"10.4 Intelligence, wisdom, non-illusion, forgiveness, truth, self-control, calmness, pleasure, pain, birth, death, fear and fearlessness;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya149.50°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra129.80°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala3.32°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha171.00°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.28°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra106.31°KarkaPuṣya P4
शनि Śani271.32°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:31 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:58 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:46 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:06 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 32 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:51 – 04:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:29 – 05:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:46 – 18:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:58 – 18:29
Amṛta Kāla17:43 – 19:28
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:45 – 13:18
Yamaganda07:04 – 08:38
Gulika Kāla10:11 – 11:45
Varjyam06:02 – 06:22
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:31 – 07:04 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:04 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:38 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:11 – 11:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:45 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:18 – 14:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:51 – 16:25 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:25 – 17:58 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:58 – 19:25 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:25 – 20:51 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:51 – 22:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:18 – 23:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:45 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:11 – 02:38 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:38 – 04:04 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:04 – 05:31 (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 Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870643.27
Julian Day2459108.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1423°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)340.34°
🪷 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 (24.1423°), declination 2.52°, EoT 5.87 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: 2020-09-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)