पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 4, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.7 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम्।

मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद्द्रष्टुमिच्छसि।।11.7।।
"11.7 Here in Me living as one, O Arjuna, behold the whole universe, movable and immovable, and anything else that thou wouldst see!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya107.48°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra351.35°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala60.55°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha87.76°MithunaPunarvasu P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati103.21°KarkaPuṣya P3
शुक्र Śukra152.60°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani350.52°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:47 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:06 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:47 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:37 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 19 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 40 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:52 – 03:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:35 – 04:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta18:54 – 19:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:06 – 19:42
Amṛta Kāla18:51 – 20:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:31 – 17:19
Yamaganda08:21 – 10:09
Gulika Kāla11:56 – 13:44
Varjyam05:22 – 05:45
Dur Muhūrta 08:07 – 08:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 Roga04:47 – 06:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:34 – 08:21 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:21 – 10:09 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:09 – 11:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:56 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:44 – 15:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:31 – 17:19 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:19 – 19:06 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:06 – 20:19 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:19 – 21:31 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:31 – 22:44 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:44 – 23:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:56 – 01:09 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:09 – 02:21 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:21 – 03:34 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:34 – 04:47 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872791.27
Julian Day2461256.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2244°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)246.29°
🪷 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 (24.2244°), declination 17.27°, EoT -5.79 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: 2026-08-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)