पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 5, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: यमुना जयन्ती — Yamunā Jayantī
Manifestation of Yamunā Devī; Vraja-bhakti-pravāhinī.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.4 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते।

न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति।।3.4।।
"3.4 No man can attain freedom from activity by refraining from action; nor can he reach perfection by merely refusing to act." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya351.13°MīnaRevatī P2
चन्द्र Candra55.43°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala176.06°KanyāCitrā P1
बुध Budha331.32°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati77.09°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra304.89°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani208.12°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:28 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:20 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:38 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:44 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 52 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 07 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:45 – 04:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:23 – 05:28
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 Kāla08:41 – 10:17
Yamaganda13:30 – 15:07
Gulika Kāla05:28 – 07:04
Varjyam06:00 – 06:20
Dur Muhūrta 08:28 – 08:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:28 – 07:04 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:04 – 08:41 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:41 – 10:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:17 – 11:54 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:54 – 13:30 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:30 – 15:07 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:07 – 16:43 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:43 – 18:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:20 – 19:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:43 – 21:07 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:07 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:30 – 23:54 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:54 – 01:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:17 – 02:41 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:41 – 04:04 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:04 – 05:28 (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 Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868287.27
Julian Day2456752.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0522°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)64.53°
🪷 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 (24.0522°), declination 5.98°, 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: 2014-04-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)