पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 7, 2034 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 14.18 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः।जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः।।14.18।।
"14.18 When Purity is in the ascendant, the man evolves; when Passion, he neither evolves nor degenerates; when Ignorance, he is lost." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2091 Prabhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1956 Ānanda
Bengali Saṁvat: 1441
Malayalam Era: 1210
Nanakshahi: 565
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya110.31°KarkaAśleṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra17.00°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala113.77°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha112.78°KarkaAśleṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati348.99°MīnaRevatī P1
शुक्र Śukra155.55°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani92.90°KarkaPunarvasu P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:50 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:02 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:43 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:43 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 12 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 47 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:56 – 03:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:39 – 04:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:50 – 19:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:02 – 19:38
Amṛta Kāla18:47 – 20:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:36 – 08:23
Yamaganda10:09 – 11:56
Gulika Kāla13:43 – 15:29
Varjyam05:25 – 05:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:09 – 08:37

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:50 – 06:36 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:36 – 08:23 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:23 – 10:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:09 – 11:56 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:56 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:43 – 15:29 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:29 – 17:16 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:16 – 19:02 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:02 – 20:16 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:16 – 21:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:29 – 22:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:43 – 23:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:56 – 01:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:09 – 02:23 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:23 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:36 – 04:50 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5136
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1875716.27
Julian Day2464181.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.3363°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)267.16°
🪷 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 (24.3363°), declination 16.44°, EoT -5.48 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: 2034-08-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)