पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 9, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.44 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
तस्मात्प्रणम्य प्रणिधाय कायं

प्रसादये त्वामहमीशमीड्यम्।

पितेव पुत्रस्य सखेव सख्युः

प्रियः प्रियायार्हसि देव सोढुम्।।11.44।।
"11.44 Therefore I prostrate myself before Thee, O Lord! Most Adorable! I salute Thee, I ask Thy blessing. Only Thou canst be trusted to bear with me, as father to son, as friend to friend, as lover to his beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya172.05°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra241.27°DhanuMūla P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala84.41°MithunaPunarvasu P2
बुध Budha177.58°KanyāCitrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati57.13°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
शुक्र Śukra204.85°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani319.74°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:56 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:19 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:41 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:46 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 22 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 37 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:24 – 05:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:59 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:31 – 14:16
Godhūli Muhūrta17:07 – 17:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:19 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:04 – 18:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 00:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:37 – 13:02
Yamaganda07:21 – 08:46
Gulika Kāla10:12 – 11:37
Varjyam06:24 – 06:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:35 – 08:58

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:56 – 07:21 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:21 – 08:46 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:46 – 10:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:12 – 11:37 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:37 – 13:02 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:02 – 14:28 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:28 – 15:53 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:53 – 17:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:19 – 18:53 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:53 – 20:28 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:28 – 22:02 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:02 – 23:37 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:37 – 01:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:12 – 02:46 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:46 – 04:21 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:21 – 05:56 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872127.27
Julian Day2460592.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1990°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)73.37°
🪷 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 (24.1990°), declination -6.39°, EoT 13.49 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: 2024-10-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)