पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 1, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: शरद पूर्णिमा — Śarad Pūrṇimā / Kojāgarī Pūrṇimā
Krishna's Mahā-rāsa with the gopīs at Vṛndāvana. Lakṣmī wakes ("ko jāgartti?")

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.19 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः।

प्राधान्यतः कुरुश्रेष्ठ नास्त्यन्तो विस्तरस्य मे।।10.19।।
"10.19 Lord Shri Krishna replied: So be it, My beloved fried! I will unfold to thee some of the chief aspects of My glory. Of its full extent there is no end." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.19'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 Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya164.19°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra334.96°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala0.50°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha189.69°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.79°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra123.47°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani271.19°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:47 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:32 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:39 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:01 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:04 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 45 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 14 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:13 – 05:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:48 – 05:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 12:03
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:24
Godhūli Muhūrta17:20 – 17:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:32 – 18:01
Amṛta Kāla17:17 – 19:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 00:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:08 – 14:36
Yamaganda05:47 – 07:15
Gulika Kāla08:43 – 10:11
Varjyam06:16 – 06:35
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 08:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:47 – 07:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:15 – 08:43 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:43 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:11 – 11:39 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:39 – 13:08 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:08 – 14:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:36 – 16:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:04 – 17:32 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:32 – 19:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:04 – 20:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:36 – 22:08 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:08 – 23:39 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:39 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:11 – 02:43 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:43 – 04:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:15 – 05:47 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870658.27
Julian Day2459123.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1429°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)171.42°
🪷 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 (24.1429°), declination -3.30°, EoT 11.17 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: 2020-10-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)