पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 22, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.21 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः।

स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते।।3.21।।
"3.21 For whatever a great man does, others imitate. People conform to the standard which he has set." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya309.25°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra22.61°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala231.71°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha312.73°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.55°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra319.52°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani252.53°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:37 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:32 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:52 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:04 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 54 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 05 Mins 37 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:10 – 05:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:43 – 06:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:37
Godhūli Muhūrta17:20 – 17:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:32 – 17:59
Amṛta Kāla17:17 – 19:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:26 – 14:48
Yamaganda06:37 – 07:59
Gulika Kāla09:21 – 10:43
Varjyam07:05 – 07:22
Dur Muhūrta 09:10 – 09:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:37 – 07:59 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:59 – 09:21 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:21 – 10:43 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:43 – 12:05 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:05 – 13:26 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:26 – 14:48 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:48 – 16:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:10 – 17:32 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:32 – 19:10 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:10 – 20:48 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:48 – 22:26 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:26 – 00:05 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:05 – 01:43 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:43 – 03:21 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:21 – 04:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:59 – 06:37 (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 Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869706.27
Julian Day2458171.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1064°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)75.48°
🪷 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 (24.1064°), declination -10.27°, EoT -14.08 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: 2018-02-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)