पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · June 16, 2010 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.17 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यस्त्वात्मरतिरेव स्यादात्मतृप्तश्च मानवः।

आत्मन्येव च सन्तुष्टस्तस्य कार्यं न विद्यते।।3.17।।
"3.17 On the other hand, the soul who meditates on the Self is content to serve the Self and rests satisfied within the Self; there remains nothing more for him to accomplish." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2067 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1932 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1417
Malayalam Era: 1186
Nanakshahi: 541
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya60.81°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
चन्द्र Candra108.77°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala130.50°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha46.18°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati337.37°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra97.82°KarkaPuṣya P2
शनि Śani153.82°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:15 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:27 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:56 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:10 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 12 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 47 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:13 – 03:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā02:59 – 04:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta19:15 – 19:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:27 – 20:05
Amṛta Kāla19:12 – 20:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:21

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:51 – 13:45
Yamaganda06:09 – 08:03
Gulika Kāla09:57 – 11:51
Varjyam04:53 – 05:17
Dur Muhūrta 07:48 – 08:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 Labha04:15 – 06:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:09 – 08:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:03 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:57 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:51 – 13:45 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:45 – 15:39 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:39 – 17:33 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:33 – 19:27 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:27 – 20:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:33 – 21:39 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:39 – 22:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:45 – 23:51 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:51 – 00:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:57 – 02:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:03 – 03:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:09 – 04:15 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866898.27
Julian Day2455363.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9991°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)45.97°
🪷 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 (23.9991°), declination 23.33°, EoT -0.40 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: 2010-06-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)