पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 14, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.5 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः।द्वन्द्वैर्विमुक्ताः सुखदुःखसंज्ञै र्गच्छन्त्यमूढाः पदमव्ययं तत्।।15.5।।
"15.5 The wise attain Eternity when, freed from pride and delusion, they have conquered their love for the things of sense; when, renouncing desire and fixing their gaze on the Self, they have ceased to be tossed to and fro by the opposing sensations, like pleasure and pain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla 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)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya359.70°MīnaRevatī P4
चन्द्र Candra105.97°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala44.74°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha331.90°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati240.19°DhanuMūla P1
शुक्र Śukra327.61°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani266.10°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:13 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:29 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:46 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:06 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 16 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 43 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:27 – 04:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:07 – 05:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta18:17 – 18:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:29 – 19:02
Amṛta Kāla18:14 – 19:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:50 – 18:29
Yamaganda11:51 – 13:31
Gulika Kāla15:10 – 16:50
Varjyam05:46 – 06:07
Dur Muhūrta 08:19 – 08:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:13 – 06:52 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:52 – 08:32 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:32 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:11 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:51 – 13:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:31 – 15:10 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:10 – 16:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:50 – 18:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:29 – 19:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:50 – 21:10 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:10 – 22:31 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:31 – 23:51 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:51 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:11 – 02:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:32 – 03:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:52 – 05:13 (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)1870122.27
Julian Day2458587.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1224°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)108.71°
🪷 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 (24.1224°), declination 9.24°, EoT -0.50 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: 2019-04-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)