पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 28, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.2 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव।

न ह्यसंन्यस्तसङ्कल्पो योगी भवति कश्चन।।6.2।।
"6.2 O Arjuna! Renunciation is in fact what is called Right Action. No one can become spiritual who has not renounced all desire." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.2'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 Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya42.58°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra204.79°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala279.83°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha31.46°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati201.77°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra75.77°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शनि Śani253.70°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:20 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:15 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:38 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:34 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 55 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 04 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:21 – 03:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:05 – 04:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta19:03 – 19:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:15 – 19:52
Amṛta Kāla19:00 – 20:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:12 – 08:04
Yamaganda09:56 – 11:48
Gulika Kāla13:40 – 15:31
Varjyam04:57 – 05:21
Dur Muhūrta 07:49 – 08:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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 · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:20 – 06:12 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:12 – 08:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:04 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga09:56 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:48 – 13:40 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:40 – 15:31 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:31 – 17:23 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:23 – 19:15 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:15 – 20:23 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:23 – 21:31 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:31 – 22:40 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:40 – 23:48 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:48 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga00:56 – 02:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:04 – 03:12 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:12 – 04:20 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturdaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869801.27
Julian Day2458266.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1101°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)162.79°
🪷 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 (24.1101°), declination 21.42°, EoT 2.89 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: 2018-05-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)