पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 24, 2022 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 10.41 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा।

तत्तदेवावगच्छ त्वं मम तेजोंऽशसंभवम्।।10.41।।
"10.41 Whatever is glorious, excellent, beautiful and mighty, be assured that it comes from a fragment of My splendour." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya156.82°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra134.77°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala52.95°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
बुध Budha155.13°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati339.88°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra148.98°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani295.17°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:39 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:45 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:41 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:46 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:02 – 04:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:38 – 05:39
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta17:33 – 17:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:45 – 18:15
Amṛta Kāla17:30 – 19:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:40 – 10:11
Yamaganda13:12 – 14:43
Gulika Kāla05:39 – 07:09
Varjyam06:09 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta 08:28 – 08:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (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):
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:39 – 07:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:09 – 08:40 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:40 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:11 – 11:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:42 – 13:12 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:12 – 14:43 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:43 – 16:14 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:14 – 17:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:45 – 19:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:14 – 20:43 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:43 – 22:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:12 – 23:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:42 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:11 – 02:40 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:40 – 04:09 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:09 – 05:39 (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)1871381.27
Julian Day2459846.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1705°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)337.01°
🪷 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 (24.1705°), declination -0.39°, EoT 8.79 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: 2022-09-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)