पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 31, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.18 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः।जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः।।14.18।।
"14.18 When Purity is in the ascendant, the man evolves; when Passion, he neither evolves nor degenerates; when Ignorance, he is lost." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.18'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 Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya345.92°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra287.25°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala35.51°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
बुध Budha322.07°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati240.03°DhanuMūla P1
शुक्र Śukra310.72°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani265.58°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:36 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:14 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:02 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:59 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 37 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 22 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:55 – 04:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:33 – 05:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:30 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:52
Godhūli Muhūrta18:02 – 18:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:14 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla17:59 – 19:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:30 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:39 – 18:14
Yamaganda11:55 – 13:30
Gulika Kāla15:05 – 16:39
Varjyam06:08 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta 08:33 – 08:58

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:36 – 07:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:11 – 08:46 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:46 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:20 – 11:55 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:55 – 13:30 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:30 – 15:05 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:05 – 16:39 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:39 – 18:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:14 – 19:39 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:39 – 21:05 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:05 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:30 – 23:55 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:55 – 01:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:20 – 02:46 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:46 – 04:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:11 – 05:36 (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)1870108.27
Julian Day2458573.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1218°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)299.30°
🪷 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 (24.1218°), declination 3.98°, EoT -4.66 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: 2019-03-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)