पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 22, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.8 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्।

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे।।4.8।।
"4.8 To protect the righteous, to destroy the wicked and to establish the kingdom of God, I am reborn from age to age." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya36.84°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
चन्द्र Candra313.35°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala164.73°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha58.99°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati83.75°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra357.57°MīnaRevatī P4
शनि Śani204.89°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:24 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:10 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:42 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:44 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 45 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 14 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:26 – 03:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:11 – 04:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:58 – 19:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:10 – 19:47
Amṛta Kāla18:55 – 20:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:38 – 15:28
Yamaganda04:24 – 06:15
Gulika Kāla08:06 – 09:56
Varjyam05:01 – 05:25
Dur Muhūrta 07:51 – 08:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:24 – 06:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:15 – 08:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:06 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:56 – 11:47 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:47 – 13:38 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:38 – 15:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:28 – 17:19 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:19 – 19:10 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:10 – 20:19 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:19 – 21:28 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:28 – 22:38 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:38 – 23:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:47 – 00:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:56 – 02:06 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:06 – 03:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:15 – 04:24 (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 Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Śatabhiṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868334.27
Julian Day2456799.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0540°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)275.27°
🪷 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 (24.0540°), declination 20.34°, EoT 3.47 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: 2014-05-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)