पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 12, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.19 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्।

उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते।।2.19।।
"2.19 He who thinks that the Spirit kills, and he who thinks of It as killed, are both ignorant. The Spirit kills not, nor is It killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.19'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 Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya174.78°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra250.50°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala173.17°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha169.65°KanyāHasta P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati298.21°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra220.58°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani282.76°MakaraŚravaṇa P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:59 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:14 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:36 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:07 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:12 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 15 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 44 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:29 – 05:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:02 – 05:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 11:59
Vijaya Muhūrta13:29 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta17:02 – 17:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:14 – 17:42
Amṛta Kāla16:59 – 18:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 23:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:25 – 15:50
Yamaganda08:47 – 10:12
Gulika Kāla11:36 – 13:01
Varjyam06:27 – 06:45
Dur Muhūrta 08:36 – 08:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:59 – 07:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:23 – 08:47 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:47 – 10:12 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:12 – 11:36 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:36 – 13:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:01 – 14:25 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:25 – 15:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:50 – 17:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:14 – 18:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:50 – 20:25 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:25 – 22:01 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:01 – 23:36 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:36 – 01:12 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:12 – 02:47 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:47 – 04:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:23 – 05:59 (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)1871034.27
Julian Day2459499.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1572°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)73.14°
🪷 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 -7.42°, EoT 14.22 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: 2021-10-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)