पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 13, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.18 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि।

शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः।।5.18।।
"5.18 Sages look equally upon all, whether he be a minister of learning and humility, or an infidel, or whether it be a cow, an elephant or a dog." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya86.54°MithunaPunarvasu P2
चन्द्र Candra274.60°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala179.27°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha65.41°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati94.49°KarkaPuṣya P1
शुक्र Śukra59.07°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
शनि Śani202.40°TulāViśākhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:26 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:25 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:43 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:14 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 59 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 00 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:27 – 03:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:11 – 04:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta19:13 – 19:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:25 – 20:03
Amṛta Kāla19:10 – 20:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:33 – 19:25
Yamaganda11:56 – 13:48
Gulika Kāla15:41 – 17:33
Varjyam05:04 – 05:28
Dur Muhūrta 07:56 – 08:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
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):
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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:26 – 06:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:19 – 08:11 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:11 – 10:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:04 – 11:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:56 – 13:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:48 – 15:41 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:41 – 17:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:33 – 19:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:25 – 20:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:33 – 21:41 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:41 – 22:48 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:48 – 23:56 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:56 – 01:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:04 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:11 – 03:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:19 – 04:26 (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)1868386.27
Julian Day2456851.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0560°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)186.69°
🪷 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 (24.0560°), declination 21.86°, EoT -5.36 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: 2014-07-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)