पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · June 23, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.16 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च।क्षरः सर्वाणि भूतानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यते।।15.16।।
"15.16 There are two aspects in Nature: the perishable and the imperishable. All life in this world belongs to the former, the unchanging element belongs to the latter." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya67.23°MithunaĀrdrā P1
चन्द्र Candra141.82°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala64.69°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
बुध Budha44.65°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati115.29°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra111.21°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शनि Śani215.22°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:16 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:29 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:28 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:14 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 13 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 46 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:14 – 03:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā02:59 – 04:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta19:17 – 19:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:29 – 20:07
Amṛta Kāla19:14 – 20:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:41 – 17:35
Yamaganda08:04 – 09:58
Gulika Kāla11:52 – 13:47
Varjyam04:54 – 05:18
Dur Muhūrta 07:49 – 08:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:16 – 06:10 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:10 – 08:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:04 – 09:58 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha09:58 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:52 – 13:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:47 – 15:41 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:41 – 17:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:35 – 19:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:29 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:35 – 21:41 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:41 – 22:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:47 – 23:52 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:52 – 00:58 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha00:58 – 02:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:04 – 03:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:10 – 04:16 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868731.27
Julian Day2457196.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0692°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)76.23°
🪷 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 (24.0692°), declination 23.43°, EoT -1.87 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: 2015-06-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)