पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 9, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.26 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
"8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya82.68°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra197.22°TulāSvātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala8.09°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha73.12°MithunaĀrdrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati343.90°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra54.66°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani300.23°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:23 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:27 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:27 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:40 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 03 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 56 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:23 – 03:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:08 – 04:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta19:15 – 19:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:27 – 20:05
Amṛta Kāla19:12 – 20:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:09 – 10:02
Yamaganda13:48 – 15:41
Gulika Kāla04:23 – 06:16
Varjyam05:01 – 05:25
Dur Muhūrta 07:54 – 08:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:23 – 06:16 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:16 – 08:09 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:09 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:02 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:55 – 13:48 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:48 – 15:41 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:41 – 17:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:34 – 19:27 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:27 – 20:34 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:34 – 21:41 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:41 – 22:48 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:48 – 23:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:55 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:02 – 02:09 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:09 – 03:16 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:16 – 04:23 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871304.27
Julian Day2459769.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1676°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)117.67°
🪷 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 (24.1676°), declination 22.37°, EoT -4.83 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: 2022-07-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)