पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 29, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.3 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति।

निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते।।5.3।।
"5.3 He is a true ascetic who never desires or dislikes, who is uninfluenced by the opposites and is easily freed from bondage." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.3'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 Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya44.03°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra308.13°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala215.22°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha21.43°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati139.09°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra41.40°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शनि Śani229.23°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:19 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:16 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:00 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:48 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 57 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 02 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:20 – 03:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:04 – 04:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta19:04 – 19:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:16 – 19:54
Amṛta Kāla19:01 – 20:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:24 – 19:16
Yamaganda11:48 – 13:40
Gulika Kāla15:32 – 17:24
Varjyam04:57 – 05:20
Dur Muhūrta 07:48 – 08:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:19 – 06:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:11 – 08:03 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:03 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:56 – 11:48 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:48 – 13:40 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:40 – 15:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:32 – 17:24 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:24 – 19:16 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:16 – 20:24 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:24 – 21:32 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:32 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:40 – 23:48 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:48 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:56 – 02:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:03 – 03:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:11 – 04:19 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Śatabhiṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869072.27
Julian Day2457537.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0822°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)267.05°
🪷 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 (24.0822°), declination 21.66°, EoT 2.77 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: 2016-05-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)