पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 5, 2021 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 2.12 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः।

न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम्।।2.12।।
"2.12 There was never a time when I was not, nor thou, nor these princes were not; there will never be a time when we shall cease to be." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya167.87°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra149.01°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala168.56°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha177.55°KanyāCitrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati298.44°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra212.93°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani282.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:51 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:26 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:38 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:10 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:36 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 34 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 25 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:18 – 05:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:53 – 05:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:20
Godhūli Muhūrta17:14 – 17:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:26 – 17:54
Amṛta Kāla17:11 – 18:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 00:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:32 – 15:59
Yamaganda08:44 – 10:11
Gulika Kāla11:38 – 13:05
Varjyam06:20 – 06:38
Dur Muhūrta 08:33 – 08:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:51 – 07:18 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:18 – 08:44 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:44 – 10:11 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:11 – 11:38 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:38 – 13:05 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:05 – 14:32 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:32 – 15:59 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:59 – 17:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:26 – 18:59 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:59 – 20:32 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:32 – 22:05 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:05 – 23:38 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:38 – 01:11 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:11 – 02:44 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:44 – 04:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:18 – 05:51 (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 Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871027.27
Julian Day2459492.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1570°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)340.50°
🪷 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 (24.1570°), declination -4.76°, EoT 12.39 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: 2021-10-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)