पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · June 17, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.22 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते।

आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः।।5.22।।
"5.22 The joys that spring from external associations bring pain; they have their beginning and their endings. The wise man does not rejoice in them." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya62.21°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
चन्द्र Candra203.55°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala209.96°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha41.44°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati140.66°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra64.75°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani227.84°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:15 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:28 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:17 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:16 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 13 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 46 Mins 53 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:13 – 03:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā02:58 – 04:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta19:16 – 19:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:28 – 20:06
Amṛta Kāla19:13 – 20:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:57 – 11:51
Yamaganda15:39 – 17:34
Gulika Kāla06:09 – 08:03
Varjyam04:53 – 05:17
Dur Muhūrta 07:48 – 08:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:15 – 06:09 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:09 – 08:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:03 – 09:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla09:57 – 11:51 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:51 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:45 – 15:39 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:39 – 17:34 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:34 – 19:28 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:28 – 20:34 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:34 – 21:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:39 – 22:45 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:45 – 23:51 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:51 – 00:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla00:57 – 02:03 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:03 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:09 – 04:15 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869091.27
Julian Day2457556.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0829°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)140.17°
🪷 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 (24.0829°), declination 23.38°, EoT -0.61 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: 2016-06-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)