पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 20, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.8 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga🪷 Ahaṁ Sarvasya Prabhavo · the source of all
अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते।

इति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भावसमन्विताः।।10.8।।
"10.8 I am the source of all; from Me everything flows. Therefore the wise worship Me with unchanging devotion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya153.41°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra189.85°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala2.85°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha176.52°KanyāCitrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.35°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra110.83°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शनि Śani271.25°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:35 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:51 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:43 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:53 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:25 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 15 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 44 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:57 – 04:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:34 – 05:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:08
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:39 – 18:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:51 – 18:22
Amṛta Kāla17:36 – 19:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:08

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:19 – 17:51
Yamaganda11:43 – 13:15
Gulika Kāla14:47 – 16:19
Varjyam06:06 – 06:25
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:35 – 07:07 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:07 – 08:39 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:39 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:11 – 11:43 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:43 – 13:15 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:15 – 14:47 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:47 – 16:19 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:19 – 17:51 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:51 – 19:19 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:19 – 20:47 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:47 – 22:15 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:15 – 23:43 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:43 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:11 – 02:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:39 – 04:07 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:07 – 05:35 (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)1870647.27
Julian Day2459112.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1424°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)33.72°
🪷 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 (24.1424°), declination 0.97°, EoT 7.35 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: 2020-09-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)