पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 10, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.25 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
दैवमेवापरे यज्ञं योगिनः पर्युपासते।

ब्रह्माग्नावपरे यज्ञं यज्ञेनैवोपजुह्वति।।4.25।।
"4.25 Some sages sacrifice to the Powers; others offer themselves on the alter of the Eternal." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya356.02°MīnaRevatī P3
चन्द्र Candra284.90°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala258.57°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha341.82°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati207.40°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra17.76°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शनि Śani254.86°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:19 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:25 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:12 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:03 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 06 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 53 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:34 – 04:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:14 – 05:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta18:13 – 18:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:25 – 18:58
Amṛta Kāla18:10 – 19:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:09 – 16:47
Yamaganda08:36 – 10:14
Gulika Kāla11:52 – 13:30
Varjyam05:52 – 06:13
Dur Muhūrta 08:23 – 08:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:19 – 06:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:57 – 08:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:36 – 10:14 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:14 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:52 – 13:30 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:30 – 15:09 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:09 – 16:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:47 – 18:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:25 – 19:47 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:47 – 21:09 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:09 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:30 – 23:52 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:52 – 01:14 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:14 – 02:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:36 – 03:57 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:57 – 05:19 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869753.27
Julian Day2458218.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1082°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)288.92°
🪷 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 (24.1082°), declination 7.87°, EoT -1.61 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: 2018-04-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)