पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 9, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.10 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः।मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः।।16.10।।
"16.10 Giving themselves up to insatiable passions, hypocritical, self-sufficient and arrogant, cherishing false conception founded on delusion, they work only to carry out their own unholy purposes." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya24.03°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra74.90°MithunaĀrdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala61.06°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha9.70°MeṣaAśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati238.99°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra357.90°MīnaRevatī P4
शनि Śani266.25°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:37 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:56 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:37 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:44 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 18 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 41 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:43 – 03:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:26 – 04:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:44 – 19:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:56 – 19:32
Amṛta Kāla18:41 – 20:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:34 – 15:22
Yamaganda04:37 – 06:25
Gulika Kāla08:12 – 10:00
Varjyam05:13 – 05:36
Dur Muhūrta 07:58 – 08:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:37 – 06:25 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:25 – 08:12 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:12 – 10:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:00 – 11:47 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:47 – 13:34 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:34 – 15:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:22 – 17:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:09 – 18:56 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:56 – 20:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:09 – 21:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:22 – 22:34 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:34 – 23:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:47 – 01:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:00 – 02:12 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:12 – 03:25 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:25 – 04:37 (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 Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870147.27
Julian Day2458612.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1233°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)51.02°
🪷 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 (24.1233°), declination 17.24°, EoT 3.63 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: 2019-05-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)