पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 12, 2013 CE

Also observed today

मेष सङ्क्रान्ति · Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)Pan-Hindu
परशुराम जयन्ती · Paraśurāma JayantīVaishnava
वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 13.7 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga

इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतनाधृतिः।एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्।।13.7।।

"13.7 Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, sympathy, vitality and the persistent clinging to life, these are in brief the constituents of changing Matter." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 13.7'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 Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Rohiṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)	Taitila
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	27.45°	Meṣa	Kṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra	49.67°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	21.75°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P3
बुध Budha	27.34°	Meṣa	Kṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	55.32°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
शुक्र Śukra	38.77°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P4
शनि Śani	192.91°	Tulā	Svātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:34 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:00 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	05:45 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	20:46 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 26 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 33 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:38 – 03:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:21 – 04:34
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:18 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:11 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:48 – 19:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:00 – 19:36
Amṛta Kāla	18:45 – 20:30
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:18 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	17:12 – 19:00
Yamaganda	11:47 – 13:35
Gulika Kāla	15:23 – 17:12
Varjyam	05:10 – 05:33
Dur Muhūrta	07:56 – 08:25

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) (Drik)

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	04:34 – 06:22 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	06:22 – 08:10 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	08:10 – 09:58 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	09:58 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	11:47 – 13:35 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:35 – 15:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	15:23 – 17:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	17:12 – 19:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	19:00 – 20:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	20:12 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	21:23 – 22:35 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:35 – 23:47 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	23:47 – 00:58 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	00:58 – 02:10 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	02:10 – 03:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	03:22 – 04:34 (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 Tṛtīyā + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867959.27
Julian Day	2456424.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0396°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	25.14°

🪷 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 (24.0396°), declination 18.13°, EoT 3.74 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: 2013-05-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)