पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 25, 2015 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional
गङ्गा सप्तमी · Gaṅgā SaptamīPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 13.19 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga

इति क्षेत्रं तथा ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं चोक्तं समासतः।मद्भक्त एतद्विज्ञाय मद्भावायोपपद्यते।।13.19।।

"13.19 Thus I have told thee in brief what Matter is, and the Self worth realising and what is Wisdom. He who is devoted to Me knows; and assuredly he will enter into Me." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 13.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka

Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha

Bengali Saṁvat: 1422

Malayalam Era: 1191

Nanakshahi: 546

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Gara
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	10.47°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra	89.75°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	23.49°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P4
बुध Budha	25.91°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	108.16°	Karka	Aśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra	51.25°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
शनि Śani	219.30°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:56 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:41 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:49 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	09:40 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:31 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 45 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 14 Mins 47 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:06 – 04:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:47 – 04:56
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:21 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:06 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:29 – 18:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:41 – 19:16
Amṛta Kāla	18:26 – 20:11
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:21 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:22 – 10:05
Yamaganda	13:32 – 15:15
Gulika Kāla	04:56 – 06:39
Varjyam	05:30 – 05:52
Dur Muhūrta	08:08 – 08:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)

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):
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 Kāla	04:56 – 06:39 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	06:39 – 08:22 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	08:22 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:05 – 11:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	11:49 – 13:32 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:32 – 15:15 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	15:15 – 16:58 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	16:58 – 18:41 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	18:41 – 19:58 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	19:58 – 21:15 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	21:15 – 22:32 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:32 – 23:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	23:49 – 01:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:05 – 02:22 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	02:22 – 03:39 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	03:39 – 04:56 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Saptamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868672.27
Julian Day	2457137.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0669°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	77.65°

🪷 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 (24.0669°), declination 13.03°, EoT 1.98 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: 2015-04-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)