पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 18, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.13 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
ज्ञेयं यत्तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वाऽमृतमश्नुते।

अनादिमत्परं ब्रह्म न सत्तन्नासदुच्यते।।13.13।।
"13.13 I will speak to thee now of that great Truth which man ought to know, since by its means he will win immortal bliss - that which is without beginning, the Eternal Spirit which dwells in Me, neither with form, nor yet without it." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya33.24°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
चन्द्र Candra121.51°SiṃhaMaghā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala26.13°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
बुध Budha40.43°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati56.63°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शुक्र Śukra46.14°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani192.49°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:28 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:06 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:49 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:31 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 38 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 21 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:30 – 03:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:14 – 04:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:54 – 19:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:06 – 19:43
Amṛta Kāla18:51 – 20:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:07 – 09:57
Yamaganda13:37 – 15:26
Gulika Kāla04:28 – 06:17
Varjyam05:04 – 05:28
Dur Muhūrta 07:53 – 08:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:28 – 06:17 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:17 – 08:07 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:07 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:57 – 11:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:47 – 13:37 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:37 – 15:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:26 – 17:16 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:16 – 19:06 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:06 – 20:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:16 – 21:26 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:26 – 22:37 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:37 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:47 – 00:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:57 – 02:07 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:07 – 03:17 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:17 – 04:28 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Maghā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867965.27
Julian Day2456430.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0399°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)91.65°
🪷 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 (24.0399°), declination 19.55°, EoT 3.69 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: 2013-05-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)