पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 24, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.13 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च।तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन।।14.13।।
"14.13 Darkness, stagnation, folly and infatuation are the result of the dominance of Ignorance, O joy of the Kuru-clan!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya38.52°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
चन्द्र Candra110.01°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala44.08°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha48.11°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati110.74°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra83.05°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शनि Śani217.28°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:23 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:11 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:28 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:39 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 48 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 11 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:25 – 03:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:09 – 04:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:59 – 19:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:11 – 19:48
Amṛta Kāla18:56 – 20:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:20 – 19:11
Yamaganda11:47 – 13:38
Gulika Kāla15:29 – 17:20
Varjyam05:00 – 05:24
Dur Muhūrta 07:50 – 08:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:23 – 06:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:14 – 08:05 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:05 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:56 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:47 – 13:38 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:38 – 15:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:29 – 17:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:20 – 19:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:11 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:20 – 21:29 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:29 – 22:38 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:38 – 23:47 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:47 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:56 – 02:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:05 – 03:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:14 – 04:23 (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 Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868701.27
Julian Day2457166.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0680°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)71.58°
🪷 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 (24.0680°), declination 20.68°, EoT 3.31 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: 2015-05-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)