पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 8, 2039 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2096 Aṅgirasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1961 Siddhārthī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1446
Malayalam Era: 1215
Nanakshahi: 570
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya170.23°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra54.93°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala74.75°MithunaĀrdrā P3
बुध Budha193.55°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati143.94°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra123.76°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani158.87°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:54 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:21 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:23 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:29 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 27 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 32 Mins 32 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:22 – 05:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:56 – 05:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:32 – 14:18
Godhūli Muhūrta17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:21 – 17:50
Amṛta Kāla17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 00:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:45 – 10:11
Yamaganda13:03 – 14:29
Gulika Kāla05:54 – 07:19
Varjyam06:22 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:34 – 08:57

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:54 – 07:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:19 – 08:45 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:45 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:11 – 11:37 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:37 – 13:03 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:03 – 14:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:29 – 15:55 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:55 – 17:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:21 – 18:55 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:55 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:29 – 22:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:03 – 23:37 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:37 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:11 – 02:45 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:45 – 04:19 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:19 – 05:54 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5141
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1877604.27
Julian Day2466069.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.4085°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)247.60°
🪷 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 (24.4085°), declination -5.77°, EoT 13.23 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: 2039-10-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)