पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · June 8, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.13 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः।

संप्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन्।।6.13।।
"6.13 Let him hold body, head and neck erect, motionless and steady; let him look fixedly at the tip of his nose, turning neither to the right nor to the left." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya53.12°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra337.83°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala282.75°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha55.24°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati200.65°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra88.77°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani253.02°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:15 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:23 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:42 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:54 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 07 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 52 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:14 – 03:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:00 – 04:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta19:11 – 19:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:23 – 20:01
Amṛta Kāla19:08 – 20:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:56 – 11:49
Yamaganda15:36 – 17:30
Gulika Kāla06:09 – 08:02
Varjyam04:53 – 05:17
Dur Muhūrta 07:47 – 08:17

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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 · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:15 – 06:09 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:09 – 08:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:02 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla09:56 – 11:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:49 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:43 – 15:36 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:36 – 17:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:30 – 19:23 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:23 – 20:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:30 – 21:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:36 – 22:43 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:43 – 23:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:49 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla00:56 – 02:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:02 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:09 – 04:15 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869812.27
Julian Day2458277.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1105°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)287.38°
🪷 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 (24.1105°), declination 22.82°, EoT 1.18 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: 2018-06-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)