पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 13, 2036 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.16 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः।पश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मतिः।।18.16।।
"18.16 But the fool who supposes, because of his immature judgment, that it is his own Self alone that acts, he perverts the truth and does not see rightly." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2093 Śukla
Śaka Saṁvat: 1958 Nala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1443
Malayalam Era: 1212
Nanakshahi: 567
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya175.93°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra89.62°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala168.93°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha168.56°KanyāHasta P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati61.02°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शुक्र Śukra138.22°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani124.84°SiṃhaMaghā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:00 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:12 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:36 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:25 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:16 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 11 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 48 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:31 – 05:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:04 – 06:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 11:58
Vijaya Muhūrta13:28 – 14:13
Godhūli Muhūrta17:00 – 17:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:12 – 17:40
Amṛta Kāla16:57 – 18:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 23:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:24 – 08:48
Yamaganda10:12 – 11:36
Gulika Kāla13:00 – 14:24
Varjyam06:28 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 08:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:00 – 07:24 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:24 – 08:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:48 – 10:12 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:12 – 11:36 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:36 – 13:00 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:00 – 14:24 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:24 – 15:48 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:48 – 17:12 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:12 – 18:48 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:48 – 20:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:24 – 22:00 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:00 – 23:36 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:36 – 01:12 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:12 – 02:48 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:48 – 04:24 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:24 – 06:00 (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 + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5138
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1876514.27
Julian Day2464979.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.3668°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)275.50°
🪷 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 (24.3668°), declination -7.93°, EoT 14.44 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: 2036-10-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)