पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 19, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.22 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते।

आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः।।5.22।।
"5.22 The joys that spring from external associations bring pain; they have their beginning and their endings. The wise man does not rejoice in them." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya33.93°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra82.50°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala276.73°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha14.45°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati202.83°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra65.04°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani254.16°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:27 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:07 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:31 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:32 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 40 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 19 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:30 – 03:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:14 – 04:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:55 – 19:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:07 – 19:44
Amṛta Kāla18:52 – 20:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:07 – 09:57
Yamaganda13:37 – 15:27
Gulika Kāla04:27 – 06:17
Varjyam05:04 – 05:27
Dur Muhūrta 07:52 – 08:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:27 – 06:17 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:17 – 08:07 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:07 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:57 – 11:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:47 – 13:37 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:37 – 15:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:27 – 17:17 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:17 – 19:07 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:07 – 20:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:17 – 21:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:27 – 22:37 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:37 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:47 – 00:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:57 – 02:07 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:07 – 03:17 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:17 – 04:27 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869792.27
Julian Day2458257.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1097°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)45.99°
🪷 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 (24.1097°), declination 19.72°, EoT 3.65 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: 2018-05-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)