पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 15, 2028 CE

🪷 आज: इन्दिरा एकादशी — Indirā Ekādaśī
Falls in Pitṛ Pakṣa; liberates ancestors from naraka.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.4 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्।स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे श्रृणु।।13.4।।
"13.4 What is called Matter, of what it is composed, whence it came, and why it changes, what the Self is, and what Its power - this I will now briefly set forth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya148.48°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra96.44°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala101.87°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha173.07°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati160.21°KanyāHasta P1
शुक्र Śukra105.38°KarkaPuṣya P4
शनि Śani16.56°MeṣaBharaṇī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:30 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:00 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:57 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:37 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 29 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 30 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:50 – 04:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:28 – 05:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:48 – 18:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:00 – 18:31
Amṛta Kāla17:45 – 19:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:11 – 11:45
Yamaganda14:52 – 16:26
Gulika Kāla07:04 – 08:38
Varjyam06:01 – 06:21
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (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 · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:30 – 07:04 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:04 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:38 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:11 – 11:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:45 – 13:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:19 – 14:52 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:52 – 16:26 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:26 – 18:00 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:00 – 19:26 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:26 – 20:52 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:52 – 22:19 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:19 – 23:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:45 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:11 – 02:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:38 – 04:04 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:04 – 05:30 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5130
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873564.27
Julian Day2462029.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2540°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)310.69°
🪷 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 (24.2540°), declination 2.88°, EoT 5.50 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: 2028-09-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)