पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 29, 2017 CE

Also observed today

मेष सङ्क्रान्ति · Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)Pan-Hindu
परशुराम जयन्ती · Paraśurāma JayantīVaishnava
वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 14.18 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः।जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः।।14.18।।

"14.18 When Purity is in the ascendant, the man evolves; when Passion, he neither evolves nor degenerates; when Ignorance, he is lost." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 14.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1424

Malayalam Era: 1193

Nanakshahi: 548

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Rohiṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)	Gara
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	14.83°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra	50.64°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	40.91°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P1
बुध Budha	0.88°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	171.15°	Kanyā	Hasta P4
शुक्र Śukra	335.88°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani	243.11°	Dhanu	Mūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:50 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:46 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:48 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	06:40 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	21:42 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 56 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 03 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:58 – 03:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:40 – 04:50
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:20 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:07 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:34 – 18:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:46 – 19:21
Amṛta Kāla	18:31 – 20:16
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:20 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:19 – 10:03
Yamaganda	13:32 – 15:17
Gulika Kāla	04:50 – 06:34
Varjyam	05:24 – 05:47
Dur Muhūrta	08:05 – 08:33

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	04:50 – 06:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	06:34 – 08:19 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	08:19 – 10:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:03 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	11:48 – 13:32 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:32 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	15:17 – 17:02 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	17:02 – 18:46 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	18:46 – 20:02 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	20:02 – 21:17 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	21:17 – 22:32 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:32 – 23:48 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	23:48 – 01:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:03 – 02:19 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	02:19 – 03:34 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	03:34 – 04:50 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Tṛtīyā + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869407.27
Julian Day	2457872.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0950°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	33.06°

🪷 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 (24.0950°), declination 14.47°, EoT 2.64 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: 2017-04-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)