पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 10, 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 2.17 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।

विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित् कर्तुमर्हति।।2.17।।
"2.17 The Spirit, which pervades all that we see, is imperishable. Nothing can destroy the Spirit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla 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)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya172.81°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra221.67°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala171.85°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha171.92°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati298.26°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra218.41°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani282.76°MakaraŚravaṇa P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:56 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:17 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:10 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:34 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 20 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 39 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:26 – 05:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:00 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 11:59
Vijaya Muhūrta13:30 – 14:16
Godhūli Muhūrta17:05 – 17:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:17 – 17:46
Amṛta Kāla17:02 – 18:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 23:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:52 – 17:17
Yamaganda11:37 – 13:02
Gulika Kāla14:27 – 15:52
Varjyam06:25 – 06:43
Dur Muhūrta 08:35 – 08:58

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:56 – 07:21 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:21 – 08:47 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:47 – 10:12 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:12 – 11:37 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:37 – 13:02 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:02 – 14:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:27 – 15:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:52 – 17:17 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:17 – 18:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:52 – 20:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:27 – 22:02 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:02 – 23:37 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:37 – 01:12 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:12 – 02:47 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:47 – 04:21 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:21 – 05:56 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871032.27
Julian Day2459497.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1572°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)46.20°
🪷 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 (24.1572°), declination -6.66°, EoT 13.74 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: 2021-10-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)