पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 28, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.34 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्।

संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते।।2.34।।
"2.34 Men will talk forever of thy disgrace; and to the noble, dishonour is worse than death." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya160.49°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra321.19°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala176.05°KanyāCitrā P1
बुध Budha143.97°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati20.50°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra116.91°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani307.54°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:43 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:38 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:41 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:06 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 55 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 04 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:07 – 04:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 12:04
Vijaya Muhūrta13:40 – 14:27
Godhūli Muhūrta17:26 – 17:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:38 – 18:08
Amṛta Kāla17:23 – 19:08
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 00:04

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:10 – 14:39
Yamaganda05:43 – 07:12
Gulika Kāla08:41 – 10:11
Varjyam06:12 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:30 – 08:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:43 – 07:12 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:12 – 08:41 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:41 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:11 – 11:40 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:40 – 13:10 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:10 – 14:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:39 – 16:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:09 – 17:38 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:38 – 19:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:09 – 20:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:39 – 22:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:10 – 23:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:40 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:11 – 02:41 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:41 – 04:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:12 – 05:43 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871750.27
Julian Day2460215.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1846°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)162.36°
🪷 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 (24.1846°), declination -1.86°, EoT 10.18 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: 2023-09-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)