पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 24, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.11 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते।ज्ञानं यदा तदा विद्याद्विवृद्धं सत्त्वमित्युत।।14.11।।
"14.11 When the light of knowledge gleams forth from all the gates of the body, then be sure that Purity prevails." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya338.99°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra199.31°TulāSvātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala30.86°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
बुध Budha322.82°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati239.72°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra302.30°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani265.21°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:48 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:06 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:34 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:43 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 17 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 42 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:10 – 04:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:47 – 05:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta17:54 – 18:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:06 – 18:37
Amṛta Kāla17:51 – 19:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:34 – 18:06
Yamaganda11:57 – 13:30
Gulika Kāla15:02 – 16:34
Varjyam06:19 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:48 – 07:21 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:21 – 08:53 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:53 – 10:25 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:25 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:57 – 13:30 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:30 – 15:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:02 – 16:34 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:34 – 18:06 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:06 – 19:34 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:34 – 21:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:02 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:30 – 23:57 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:57 – 01:25 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:25 – 02:53 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:53 – 04:21 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:21 – 05:48 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870101.27
Julian Day2458566.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1216°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)219.38°
🪷 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 (24.1216°), declination 1.24°, EoT -6.90 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: 2019-03-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)