पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 4, 2019 CE

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

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.22 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचप्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव।न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति।।14.22।।
"14.22 Lord Shri Krishna replied: O Prince! He who shuns not the Quality which is present, and longs not for that which is absent;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.22'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 Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya349.87°MīnaRevatī P1
चन्द्र Candra334.90°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala38.15°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
बुध Budha323.59°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati240.14°DhanuMūla P1
शुक्र Śukra315.54°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani265.76°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:30 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:18 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:52 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:56 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 48 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 11 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:47 – 04:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:25 – 05:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta18:06 – 18:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:18 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:03 – 19:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:30 – 15:06
Yamaganda05:30 – 07:06
Gulika Kāla08:42 – 10:18
Varjyam06:02 – 06:22
Dur Muhūrta 08:29 – 08:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:30 – 07:06 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:06 – 08:42 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:42 – 10:18 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:18 – 11:54 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:54 – 13:30 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:30 – 15:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:06 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:42 – 18:18 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:18 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:42 – 21:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:06 – 22:30 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:30 – 23:54 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:54 – 01:18 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:18 – 02:42 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:42 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:06 – 05:30 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870112.27
Julian Day2458577.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1220°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)344.48°
🪷 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 (24.1220°), declination 5.52°, EoT -3.40 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: 2019-04-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)