पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 7, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.42 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्।

एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम्।।6.42।।
"6.42 Or, he may be born in the family of the wise sages, though a birth like this is, indeed, very difficult to obtain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.42'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 Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya80.80°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra359.39°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala284.20°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha106.37°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.13°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra122.20°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani250.93°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:22 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:28 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:53 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:06 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 05 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 54 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:21 – 03:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:07 – 04:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta19:16 – 19:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:28 – 20:06
Amṛta Kāla19:13 – 20:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:09 – 10:02
Yamaganda13:48 – 15:41
Gulika Kāla04:22 – 06:15
Varjyam05:00 – 05:24
Dur Muhūrta 07:53 – 08:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:22 – 06:15 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:15 – 08:09 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:09 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:02 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:55 – 13:48 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:48 – 15:41 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:41 – 17:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:35 – 19:28 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:28 – 20:35 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:35 – 21:41 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:41 – 22:48 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:48 – 23:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:55 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:02 – 02:09 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:09 – 03:15 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:15 – 04:22 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Navamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869841.27
Julian Day2458306.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1116°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)282.13°
🪷 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 (24.1116°), declination 22.60°, EoT -4.52 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: 2018-07-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)