पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 11, 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 3.40 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते।

एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्।।3.40।।
"3.40 It works through the senses, the mind and the reason; and with their help destroys wisdom and confounds the soul." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.40'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 Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya26.24°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra159.97°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala165.23°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha42.27°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati81.82°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra344.88°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani205.71°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:35 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:59 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:44 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:39 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 23 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 36 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:40 – 03:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:23 – 04:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta18:47 – 19:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:59 – 19:35
Amṛta Kāla18:44 – 20:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:11 – 18:59
Yamaganda11:47 – 13:35
Gulika Kāla15:23 – 17:11
Varjyam05:11 – 05:34
Dur Muhūrta 07:56 – 08:25

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:35 – 06:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:23 – 08:11 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:11 – 09:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:59 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:47 – 13:35 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:35 – 15:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:23 – 17:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:11 – 18:59 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:59 – 20:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:11 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:23 – 22:35 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:35 – 23:47 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:47 – 00:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:59 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:11 – 03:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:23 – 04:35 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868323.27
Julian Day2456788.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0536°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)133.59°
🪷 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 (24.0536°), declination 17.82°, EoT 3.71 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: 2014-05-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)