पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 10, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.1 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच

धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः।

मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय।।1.1।।
"1.1 The King Dhritarashtra asked: "O Sanjaya! What happened on the sacred battlefield of Kurukshetra, when my people gathered against the Pandavas?"" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya83.39°MithunaPunarvasu P2
चन्द्र Candra352.85°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala125.22°SiṃhaMaghā P2
बुध Budha93.26°KarkaPunarvasu P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati16.62°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra121.11°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani312.70°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:24 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:27 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:26 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:21 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 02 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 57 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:24 – 03:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:09 – 04:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta19:15 – 19:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:27 – 20:05
Amṛta Kāla19:12 – 20:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:17 – 08:10
Yamaganda10:03 – 11:55
Gulika Kāla13:48 – 15:41
Varjyam05:02 – 05:26
Dur Muhūrta 07:55 – 08:25

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:24 – 06:17 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:17 – 08:10 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:10 – 10:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:03 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:55 – 13:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:48 – 15:41 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:41 – 17:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:34 – 19:27 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:27 – 20:34 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:34 – 21:41 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:41 – 22:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:48 – 23:55 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:55 – 01:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:03 – 02:10 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:10 – 03:17 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:17 – 04:24 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871670.27
Julian Day2460135.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1816°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)266.63°
🪷 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 (24.1816°), declination 22.28°, EoT -4.97 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: 2023-07-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)