पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 23, 2018 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 4.38 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga

न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते।

तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति।।4.38।।

"4.38 There is nothing in the world so purifying as wisdom; and he who is a perfect saint finds that at last in his own Self." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 4.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1425

Malayalam Era: 1194

Nanakshahi: 549

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	8.74°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra	100.52°	Karka	Puṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	265.25°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha	342.80°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	206.05°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra	33.64°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P3
शनि Śani	254.89°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:59 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:39 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:49 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	10:40 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	01:12 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 40 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 19 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:09 – 04:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:50 – 04:59
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:22 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:06 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:27 – 18:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:39 – 19:14
Amṛta Kāla	18:24 – 20:09
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:22 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	06:41 – 08:24
Yamaganda	10:06 – 11:49
Gulika Kāla	13:32 – 15:14
Varjyam	05:33 – 05:55
Dur Muhūrta	08:10 – 08:37

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	04:59 – 06:41 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	06:41 – 08:24 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	08:24 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:06 – 11:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	11:49 – 13:32 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:32 – 15:14 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	15:14 – 16:57 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	16:57 – 18:39 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	18:39 – 19:57 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	19:57 – 21:14 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	21:14 – 22:32 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:32 – 23:49 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	23:49 – 01:06 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:06 – 02:24 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	02:24 – 03:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	03:41 – 04:59 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869766.27
Julian Day	2458231.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1087°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	90.93°

🪷 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 (24.1087°), declination 12.46°, EoT 1.60 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: 2018-04-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)