पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 12, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.1 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचपरं भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानां ज्ञानमुत्तमम्।यज्ज्ञात्वा मुनयः सर्वे परां सिद्धिमितो गताः।।14.1।।
"14.1 "Lord Shri Krishna continued: Now I will reveal unto the Wisdom which is beyond knowledge, by attaining which the sages have reached Perfection." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya358.24°MīnaRevatī P4
चन्द्र Candra187.12°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala29.13°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
बुध Budha10.51°MeṣaAśvinī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.18°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra332.83°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani243.50°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:15 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:28 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:07 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:47 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 12 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 47 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:30 – 04:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:09 – 05:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta18:16 – 18:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:28 – 19:01
Amṛta Kāla18:13 – 19:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:52 – 13:31
Yamaganda06:54 – 08:34
Gulika Kāla10:13 – 11:52
Varjyam05:48 – 06:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:20 – 08:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:15 – 06:54 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:54 – 08:34 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:34 – 10:13 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:13 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:52 – 13:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:31 – 15:10 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:10 – 16:49 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:49 – 18:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:28 – 19:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:49 – 21:10 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:10 – 22:31 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:31 – 23:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:52 – 01:13 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:13 – 02:34 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:34 – 03:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:54 – 05:15 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869390.27
Julian Day2457855.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0944°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)191.05°
🪷 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 (24.0944°), declination 8.69°, EoT -1.04 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: 2017-04-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)