पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 3, 2025 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.24 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
संजय उवाच

एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो गुडाकेशेन भारत।

सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये स्थापयित्वा रथोत्तमम्।।1.24।।
"1.24 Sanjaya said: "Having listened to the request of Arjuna, Lord Shri Krishna drew up His bright chariot exactly in the midst between the two armies," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya77.18°MithunaĀrdrā P4
चन्द्र Candra169.62°KanyāHasta P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala134.35°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha102.81°KarkaPuṣya P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati70.99°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शुक्र Śukra33.63°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
शनि Śani337.71°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:20 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:29 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:21 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:48 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 09 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 50 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:19 – 03:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:04 – 04:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta19:17 – 19:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:29 – 20:07
Amṛta Kāla19:14 – 20:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:48 – 15:42
Yamaganda04:20 – 06:13
Gulika Kāla08:07 – 10:01
Varjyam04:58 – 05:22
Dur Muhūrta 07:52 – 08:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:20 – 06:13 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:13 – 08:07 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:07 – 10:01 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:01 – 11:54 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:54 – 13:48 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:48 – 15:42 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:42 – 17:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:35 – 19:29 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:29 – 20:35 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:35 – 21:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:42 – 22:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:48 – 23:54 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:54 – 01:01 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:01 – 02:07 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:07 – 03:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:13 – 04:20 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Hasta alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872394.27
Julian Day2460859.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2093°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)91.67°
🪷 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 (24.2093°), declination 22.95°, EoT -3.84 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: 2025-07-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)