पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 29, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.17 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन्।

केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन्मया।।10.17।।
"10.17 O Master! How shall I, by constant meditation, know Thee? My Lord! What are Thy various manifestations through which I am to mediate on Thee?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.17'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 Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya162.22°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra310.70°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala1.02°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha187.57°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.68°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra121.15°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani271.18°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:45 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:35 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:06 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:02 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 50 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 09 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:10 – 04:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:45 – 05:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 12:04
Vijaya Muhūrta13:38 – 14:26
Godhūli Muhūrta17:23 – 17:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:35 – 18:05
Amṛta Kāla17:20 – 19:05
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 00:04

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:38 – 16:07
Yamaganda08:42 – 10:11
Gulika Kāla11:40 – 13:09
Varjyam06:14 – 06:33
Dur Muhūrta 08:30 – 08:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:45 – 07:13 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:13 – 08:42 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:42 – 10:11 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:11 – 11:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:40 – 13:09 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:09 – 14:38 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:38 – 16:07 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:07 – 17:35 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:35 – 19:07 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:07 – 20:38 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:38 – 22:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:09 – 23:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:40 – 01:11 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:11 – 02:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:42 – 04:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:13 – 05:45 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870656.27
Julian Day2459121.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1428°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)147.73°
🪷 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 (24.1428°), declination -2.53°, EoT 10.52 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: 2020-09-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)