पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 28, 2027 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.21 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः।

स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते।।3.21।।
"3.21 For whatever a great man does, others imitate. People conform to the standard which he has set." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1434
Malayalam Era: 1203
Nanakshahi: 558
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya160.46°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra132.26°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala202.85°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha186.08°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati139.20°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra172.80°KanyāHasta P4
शनि Śani1.71°MeṣaAśvinī 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)03:11 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:24 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 55 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 04 Mins 27 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 Kāla14:39 – 16:09
Yamaganda08:41 – 10:11
Gulika Kāla11:40 – 13:10
Varjyam06:12 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:30 – 08:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:43 – 07:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:12 – 08:41 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:41 – 10:11 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:11 – 11:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:40 – 13:10 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:10 – 14:39 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:39 – 16:09 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:09 – 17:38 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:38 – 19:09 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:09 – 20:39 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:39 – 22:10 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:10 – 23:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:40 – 01:11 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:11 – 02:41 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:41 – 04:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:12 – 05:43 (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 Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873211.27
Julian Day2461676.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2405°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)333.93°
🪷 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 (24.2405°), declination -1.87°, 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: 2027-09-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)