पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 23, 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 10.11 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
तेषामेवानुकम्पार्थमहमज्ञानजं तमः।

नाशयाम्यात्मभावस्थो ज्ञानदीपेन भास्वता।।10.11।।
"10.11 By My grace, I live in their hearts; and I dispel the darkness of ignorance by the shining light of wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.11'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 Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya156.34°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra233.18°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala2.35°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha180.44°TulāCitrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.43°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra114.25°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शनि Śani271.21°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:38 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:46 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:15 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:24 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:01 – 04:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:38 – 05:38
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:32
Godhūli Muhūrta17:34 – 17:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:46 – 18:16
Amṛta Kāla17:31 – 19:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:42 – 13:13
Yamaganda07:09 – 08:40
Gulika Kāla10:11 – 11:42
Varjyam06:09 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta 08:28 – 08:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:38 – 07:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:09 – 08:40 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:40 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:11 – 11:42 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:42 – 13:13 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:13 – 14:44 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:44 – 16:15 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:15 – 17:46 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:46 – 19:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:15 – 20:44 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:44 – 22:13 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:13 – 23:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:42 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:11 – 02:40 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:40 – 04:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:09 – 05:38 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Saptamī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870650.27
Julian Day2459115.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1426°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)73.66°
🪷 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 (24.1426°), declination -0.19°, EoT 8.44 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: 2020-09-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)