पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 5, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.45 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा

भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे।

तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं

प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास।।11.45।।
"11.45 I rejoice that I have seen what never man saw before; yet, O Lord! I am overwhelmed with fear. Please take again the Form I know. Be merciful, O Lord! thou Who are the Home of the whole universe." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.45's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya351.38°MīnaRevatī P2
चन्द्र Candra285.31°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala354.11°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha323.81°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati48.05°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra353.08°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani195.62°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:27 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:20 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:33 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:25 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 52 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 07 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:44 – 04:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:23 – 05:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:54
Godhūli Muhūrta18:08 – 18:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:20 – 18:52
Amṛta Kāla18:05 – 19:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:17 – 11:54
Yamaganda15:07 – 16:43
Gulika Kāla07:04 – 08:40
Varjyam05:59 – 06:20
Dur Muhūrta 08:28 – 08:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:27 – 07:04 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:04 – 08:40 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:40 – 10:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:17 – 11:54 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:54 – 13:30 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:30 – 15:07 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:07 – 16:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:43 – 18:20 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:20 – 19:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:43 – 21:07 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:07 – 22:30 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:30 – 23:54 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:54 – 01:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:17 – 02:40 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:40 – 04:04 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:04 – 05:27 (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 Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867922.27
Julian Day2456387.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0382°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)293.41°
🪷 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 (24.0382°), declination 6.07°, EoT -3.10 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: 2013-04-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)