पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 8, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.37 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः।

महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्।।3.37।।
"3.37 Lord Shri Krishna: It is desire, it is aversion, born of passion. Desire consumes and corrupts everything. It is man's greatest enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya23.34°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra123.30°SiṃhaMaghā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala165.65°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha36.56°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati81.33°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra341.45°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani205.94°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:38 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:56 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:38 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:15 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 17 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 42 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:44 – 03:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:27 – 04:38
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:44 – 19:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:56 – 19:31
Amṛta Kāla18:41 – 20:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:34 – 15:21
Yamaganda04:38 – 06:25
Gulika Kāla08:13 – 10:00
Varjyam05:14 – 05:37
Dur Muhūrta 07:58 – 08:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
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 Śubha04:38 – 06:25 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:25 – 08:13 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:13 – 10:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:00 – 11:47 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:47 – 13:34 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:34 – 15:21 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:21 – 17:08 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:08 – 18:56 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:56 – 20:08 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:08 – 21:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:21 – 22:34 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:34 – 23:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:47 – 01:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:00 – 02:13 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:13 – 03:25 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:25 – 04:38 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Maghā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868320.27
Julian Day2456785.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0534°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)100.66°
🪷 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 (24.0534°), declination 17.02°, EoT 3.58 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: 2014-05-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)