पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · June 28, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: आषाढ गुप्त नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Āṣāḍha Gupta Navrātri Start
Second Gupta Navrātri.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.3 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति।

निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते।।5.3।।
"5.3 He is a true ascetic who never desires or dislikes, who is uninfluenced by the opposites and is easily freed from bondage." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya72.24°MithunaĀrdrā P2
चन्द्र Candra80.08°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala172.92°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha60.40°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati91.21°KarkaPunarvasu P4
शुक्र Śukra41.11°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शनि Śani202.77°TulāViśākhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:17 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:30 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:53 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:56 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 12 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 47 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:16 – 03:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:01 – 04:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:23 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta19:18 – 19:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:30 – 20:08
Amṛta Kāla19:15 – 21:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:23 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:05 – 09:59
Yamaganda13:47 – 15:41
Gulika Kāla04:17 – 06:11
Varjyam04:55 – 05:20
Dur Muhūrta 07:50 – 08:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:17 – 06:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:11 – 08:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:05 – 09:59 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:59 – 11:53 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:53 – 13:47 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:47 – 15:41 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:41 – 17:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:35 – 19:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:30 – 20:35 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:35 – 21:41 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:41 – 22:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:47 – 23:53 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:53 – 00:59 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:59 – 02:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:05 – 03:11 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:11 – 04:17 (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-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868371.27
Julian Day2456836.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0554°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)9.96°
🪷 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 (24.0554°), declination 23.29°, EoT -2.89 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: 2014-06-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)