पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · June 11, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.16 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः।

न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन।।6.16।।
"6.16 Meditation is not for him who eats too much, not for him who eats not at all; not for him who is overmuch addicted to sleep, not for him who is always awake." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.16'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 Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya55.99°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
चन्द्र Candra18.06°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala283.35°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha61.80°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati200.38°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra92.29°KarkaPunarvasu P4
शनि Śani252.81°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:15 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:25 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:17 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:19 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 10 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 49 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:13 – 03:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā02:59 – 04:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta19:13 – 19:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:25 – 20:03
Amṛta Kāla19:10 – 20:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:09 – 08:02
Yamaganda09:56 – 11:50
Gulika Kāla13:44 – 15:37
Varjyam04:53 – 05:17
Dur Muhūrta 07:47 – 08:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:15 – 06:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:09 – 08:02 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:02 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga09:56 – 11:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:50 – 13:44 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:44 – 15:37 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:37 – 17:31 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:31 – 19:25 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:25 – 20:31 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:31 – 21:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:37 – 22:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:44 – 23:50 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:50 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga00:56 – 02:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:02 – 03:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:09 – 04:15 (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 Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869815.27
Julian Day2458280.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1106°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)322.88°
🪷 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 (24.1106°), declination 23.07°, EoT 0.61 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: 2018-06-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)