पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 9, 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 10.27 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
उच्चैःश्रवसमश्वानां विद्धि माममृतोद्भवम्।

ऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणां नराणां च नराधिपम्।।10.27।।
"10.27 Know that among horses I am Pegasus, the heaven-born; among the lordly elephants I am the White one, and I am the Ruler among men." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya172.07°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra70.69°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala358.11°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha196.10°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati264.34°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra132.85°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शनि Śani271.26°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:56 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:19 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:17 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:26 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 23 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 36 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:24 – 05:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:59 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:31 – 14:16
Godhūli Muhūrta17:07 – 17:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:19 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:04 – 18:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 00:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:12 – 11:37
Yamaganda14:28 – 15:53
Gulika Kāla07:21 – 08:46
Varjyam06:24 – 06:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:35 – 08:58

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:56 – 07:21 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:21 – 08:46 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:46 – 10:12 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:12 – 11:37 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:37 – 13:02 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:02 – 14:28 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:28 – 15:53 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:53 – 17:19 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:19 – 18:53 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:53 – 20:28 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:28 – 22:02 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:02 – 23:37 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:37 – 01:12 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:12 – 02:46 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:46 – 04:21 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:21 – 05:56 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870666.27
Julian Day2459131.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1432°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)262.80°
🪷 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 (24.1432°), declination -6.38°, EoT 13.49 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: 2020-10-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)