पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 12, 2013 CE

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

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.6 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः।यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम।।15.6।।
"15.6 Neither sun, moon, nor fire shines there. Those who go thither never come back. For, O Arjuna, that is my Celestial Home!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya85.83°MithunaPunarvasu P2
चन्द्र Candra127.45°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala64.76°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
बुध Budha81.96°MithunaPunarvasu P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati69.08°MithunaĀrdrā P1
शुक्र Śukra113.12°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शनि Śani190.54°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:26 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:26 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:59 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:25 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 59 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 00 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:26 – 03:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:11 – 04:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta19:14 – 19:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:26 – 20:03
Amṛta Kāla19:11 – 20:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:03 – 11:56
Yamaganda15:41 – 17:33
Gulika Kāla06:18 – 08:11
Varjyam05:03 – 05:27
Dur Muhūrta 07:56 – 08:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 Chala04:26 – 06:18 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:18 – 08:11 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:11 – 10:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:03 – 11:56 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:56 – 13:48 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:48 – 15:41 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:41 – 17:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:33 – 19:26 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:26 – 20:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:33 – 21:41 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:41 – 22:48 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:48 – 23:56 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:56 – 01:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:03 – 02:11 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:11 – 03:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:18 – 04:26 (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 Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868020.27
Julian Day2456485.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0420°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)44.71°
🪷 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 (24.0420°), declination 21.97°, EoT -5.24 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: 2013-07-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)