पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 12, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: यमुना जयन्ती — Yamunā Jayantī
Manifestation of Yamunā Devī; Vraja-bhakti-pravāhinī.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.41 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
तस्मात्त्वमिन्द्रियाण्यादौ नियम्य भरतर्षभ।

पाप्मानं प्रजहि ह्येनं ज्ञानविज्ञाननाशनम्।।3.41।।
"3.41 Therefore, O Arjuna, first control thy senses and then slay desire, for it is full of sin, and is the destroyer of knowledge and of wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya358.49°MīnaRevatī P4
चन्द्र Candra61.84°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala224.42°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
बुध Budha16.22°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati139.62°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra343.57°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani231.87°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:15 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:28 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:30 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:40 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 12 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 47 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:29 – 04:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:09 – 05:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta18:16 – 18:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:28 – 19:01
Amṛta Kāla18:13 – 19:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:10 – 16:49
Yamaganda08:33 – 10:12
Gulika Kāla11:52 – 13:31
Varjyam05:48 – 06:09
Dur Muhūrta 08:20 – 08:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:15 – 06:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:54 – 08:33 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:33 – 10:12 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:12 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:52 – 13:31 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:31 – 15:10 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:10 – 16:49 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:49 – 18:28 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:28 – 19:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:49 – 21:10 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:10 – 22:31 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:31 – 23:52 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:52 – 01:12 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:12 – 02:33 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:33 – 03:54 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:54 – 05:15 (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)1869025.27
Julian Day2457490.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0804°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)60.24°
🪷 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 (24.0804°), declination 8.78°, EoT -1.04 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: 2016-04-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)