पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 22, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.38 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते।

तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति।।4.38।।
"4.38 There is nothing in the world so purifying as wisdom; and he who is a perfect saint finds that at last in his own Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya37.31°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
चन्द्र Candra219.06°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala217.67°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha19.97°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati138.75°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra32.80°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
शनि Śani229.74°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:24 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:10 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:10 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:38 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 46 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 13 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:26 – 03:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:10 – 04:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:58 – 19:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:10 – 19:47
Amṛta Kāla18:55 – 20:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:19 – 19:10
Yamaganda11:47 – 13:38
Gulika Kāla15:29 – 17:19
Varjyam05:01 – 05:24
Dur Muhūrta 07:51 – 08:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:24 – 06:15 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:15 – 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 – 17:19 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:19 – 19:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:10 – 20:19 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:19 – 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 – 03:15 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:15 – 04:24 (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 Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869065.27
Julian Day2457530.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0819°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)182.43°
🪷 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 (24.0819°), declination 20.44°, EoT 3.47 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: 2016-05-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)