पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · June 8, 2016 CE

Also observed today

विनायक चतुर्थी · Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 5.13 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga

सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी।

नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन्।।5.13।।

"5.13 Mentally renouncing all actions, the self-controlled soul enjoys bliss in this body, the city of the nine gates, neither doing anything himself nor causing anything to be done." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 5.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla 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)	Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)	Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	53.61°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
चन्द्र Candra	92.54°	Karka	Punarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	212.04°	Vṛścika	Viśākhā P4
बुध Budha	29.38°	Meṣa	Kṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	139.80°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra	53.69°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani	228.49°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:15 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:23 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:49 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	07:02 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	21:48 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	15 Hours 08 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	8 Hours 51 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:14 – 03:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:00 – 04:15
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:19 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:21 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:11 – 19:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:23 – 20:01
Amṛta Kāla	19:08 – 20:53
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:19 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:49 – 13:43
Yamaganda	06:09 – 08:02
Gulika Kāla	09:56 – 11:49
Varjyam	04:53 – 05:17
Dur Muhūrta	07:47 – 08:17

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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 · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	04:15 – 06:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	06:09 – 08:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	08:02 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	09:56 – 11:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	11:49 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:43 – 15:36 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	15:36 – 17:30 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	17:30 – 19:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	19:23 – 20:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	20:30 – 21:36 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	21:36 – 22:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:43 – 23:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	23:49 – 00:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	00:56 – 02:02 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	02:02 – 03:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	03:09 – 04:15 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturthī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869082.27
Julian Day	2457547.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0826°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	38.71°

🪷 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 (24.0826°), declination 22.87°, EoT 1.18 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: 2016-06-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)