पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 27, 2018 CE

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

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.1 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

अनाश्रितः कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति यः।

स संन्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर्न चाक्रियः।।6.1।।
"6.1 "Lord Shri Krishna said: He who acts because it is his duty, not thinking of the consequences, is really spiritual and a true ascetic; and not he who merely observes rituals or who shuns all action." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.1'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 Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya41.62°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra192.03°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala279.51°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha29.43°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati201.88°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra74.58°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शनि Śani253.75°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:21 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:14 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:36 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:02 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 53 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 06 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:22 – 03:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:06 – 04:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta19:02 – 19:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:14 – 19:52
Amṛta Kāla18:59 – 20:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:23 – 19:14
Yamaganda11:48 – 13:39
Gulika Kāla15:31 – 17:23
Varjyam04:58 – 05:22
Dur Muhūrta 07:49 – 08:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:21 – 06:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:12 – 08:04 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:04 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:56 – 11:48 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:48 – 13:39 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:39 – 15:31 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:31 – 17:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:23 – 19:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:14 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:23 – 21:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:31 – 22:39 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:39 – 23:48 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:48 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:56 – 02:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:04 – 03:12 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:12 – 04:21 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869800.27
Julian Day2458265.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1100°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)150.47°
🪷 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 (24.1100°), declination 21.26°, EoT 3.01 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: 2018-05-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)