पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 14, 2013 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional
विनायक चतुर्थी · Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 11.54 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga

भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन।

ज्ञातुं दृष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परंतप।।11.54।।

"11.54 Only by tireless devotion can I be seen and known; only thus can a man become one with Me, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 11.54's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1420

Malayalam Era: 1189

Nanakshahi: 544

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Rohiṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	0.22°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
चन्द्र Candra	41.26°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	0.93°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
बुध Budha	335.62°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	49.66°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra	4.24°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P2
शनि Śani	195.00°	Tulā	Svātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:12 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:30 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:51 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	07:10 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	22:00 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 17 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 42 Mins 29 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:26 – 04:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:06 – 05:12
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:24 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:04 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:18 – 18:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:30 – 19:03
Amṛta Kāla	18:15 – 20:00
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:24 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:50 – 18:30
Yamaganda	11:51 – 13:31
Gulika Kāla	15:10 – 16:50
Varjyam	05:45 – 06:07
Dur Muhūrta	08:18 – 08:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	05:12 – 06:52 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	06:52 – 08:32 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	08:32 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:11 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	11:51 – 13:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:31 – 15:10 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	15:10 – 16:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	16:50 – 18:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	18:30 – 19:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	19:50 – 21:10 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	21:10 – 22:31 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:31 – 23:51 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	23:51 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:11 – 02:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	02:32 – 03:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	03:52 – 05:12 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturthī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867931.27
Julian Day	2456396.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0386°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	44.00°

🪷 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 (24.0386°), declination 9.41°, EoT -0.50 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: 2013-04-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)