पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 3, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.38 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति।

अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।6.38।।
"6.38 Having failed in both, my Lord, is he without hope, like a riven cloud having no support, lost on the spiritual road?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya76.98°MithunaĀrdrā P4
चन्द्र Candra309.60°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala284.61°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha101.23°KarkaPuṣya P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.19°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra117.68°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani251.22°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:20 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:29 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:59 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:51 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 09 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 50 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:18 – 03:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:04 – 04:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:27
Godhūli Muhūrta19:17 – 19:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:29 – 20:07
Amṛta Kāla19:14 – 20:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:42 – 17:35
Yamaganda08:07 – 10:01
Gulika Kāla11:54 – 13:48
Varjyam04:58 – 05:22
Dur Muhūrta 07:52 – 08:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:20 – 06:13 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:13 – 08:07 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:07 – 10:01 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:01 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:54 – 13:48 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:48 – 15:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:42 – 17:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:35 – 19:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:29 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:35 – 21:42 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:42 – 22:48 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:48 – 23:54 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:54 – 01:01 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:01 – 02:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:07 – 03:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:13 – 04:20 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869837.27
Julian Day2458302.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1115°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)236.69°
🪷 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 (24.1115°), declination 22.97°, EoT -3.84 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: 2018-07-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)