पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 7, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.13 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः।

संप्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन्।।6.13।।
"6.13 Let him hold body, head and neck erect, motionless and steady; let him look fixedly at the tip of his nose, turning neither to the right nor to the left." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.13'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 Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya81.29°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra114.09°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala209.17°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha80.92°MithunaPunarvasu P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati143.22°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra89.33°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani226.57°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:22 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:28 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:06 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:07 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 05 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 54 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:22 – 03:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:07 – 04:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta19:16 – 19:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:28 – 20:05
Amṛta Kāla19:13 – 20:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:48 – 15:41
Yamaganda04:22 – 06:16
Gulika Kāla08:09 – 10:02
Varjyam05:00 – 05:24
Dur Muhūrta 07:54 – 08:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:22 – 06:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:16 – 08:09 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:09 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:02 – 11:55 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:55 – 13:48 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:48 – 15:41 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:41 – 17:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:35 – 19:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:28 – 20:35 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:35 – 21:41 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:41 – 22:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:48 – 23:55 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:55 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:02 – 02:09 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:09 – 03:16 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:16 – 04:22 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869111.27
Julian Day2457576.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0837°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)33.94°
🪷 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 (24.0837°), declination 22.55°, EoT -4.52 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: 2016-07-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)