पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 26, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.13 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च।तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन।।14.13।।
"14.13 Darkness, stagnation, folly and infatuation are the result of the dominance of Ignorance, O joy of the Kuru-clan!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.13'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 Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya340.97°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra226.33°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala32.19°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
बुध Budha322.12°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati239.82°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra304.70°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani265.32°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:45 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:09 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:40 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:57 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 23 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 36 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:06 – 04:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:32 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:09 – 18:40
Amṛta Kāla17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:32 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:03 – 16:36
Yamaganda08:51 – 10:24
Gulika Kāla11:57 – 13:30
Varjyam06:16 – 06:36
Dur Muhūrta 08:39 – 09:03

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
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 · 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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:45 – 07:18 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:18 – 08:51 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:51 – 10:24 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:24 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:57 – 13:30 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:30 – 15:03 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:03 – 16:36 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:36 – 18:09 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:09 – 19:36 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:36 – 21:03 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:03 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:30 – 23:57 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:57 – 01:24 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:24 – 02:51 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:51 – 04:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:18 – 05:45 (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)1870103.27
Julian Day2458568.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1216°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)243.48°
🪷 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 2.02°, EoT -6.26 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: 2019-03-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)