पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · June 17, 2018 CE

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विनायक चतुर्थी · Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 6.22 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga

यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः।

यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते।।6.22।।

"6.22 Finding That, he will realise that there is no possession so precious. And when once established here, no calamity can disturb him." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 6.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1425

Malayalam Era: 1194

Nanakshahi: 549

Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	61.72°	Mithuna	Mr̥gaśirā P3
चन्द्र Candra	106.81°	Karka	Aśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	284.26°	Makara	Śravaṇa P2
बुध Budha	74.28°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	199.93°	Tulā	Svātī P4
शुक्र Śukra	99.29°	Karka	Puṣya P2
शनि Śani	252.39°	Dhanu	Mūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:15 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:28 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:51 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	07:42 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	22:01 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	15 Hours 12 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	8 Hours 47 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:13 – 03:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	02:59 – 04:15
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:21 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:23 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:16 – 19:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:28 – 20:06
Amṛta Kāla	19:13 – 20:58
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:21 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	17:33 – 19:28
Yamaganda	11:51 – 13:45
Gulika Kāla	15:39 – 17:33
Varjyam	04:53 – 05:17
Dur Muhūrta	07:48 – 08:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	04:15 – 06:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	06:09 – 08:03 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	08:03 – 09:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	09:57 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	11:51 – 13:45 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:45 – 15:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	15:39 – 17:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	17:33 – 19:28 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	19:28 – 20:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	20:33 – 21:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	21:39 – 22:45 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:45 – 23:51 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	23:51 – 00:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	00:57 – 02:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	02:03 – 03:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	03:09 – 04:15 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869821.27
Julian Day	2458286.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1108°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	42.27°

🪷 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 (24.1108°), declination 23.37°, 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: 2018-06-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)