पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 12, 2019 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 16.13 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga

इदमद्य मया लब्धमिमं प्राप्स्ये मनोरथम्।इदमस्तीदमपि मे भविष्यति पुनर्धनम्।।16.13।।

"16.13 This I have gained today; tomorrow I will gratify another desire; this wealth is mine now, the rest shall be mine ere long;" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 16.13'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 Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	26.93°	Meṣa	Kṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra	116.83°	Karka	Aśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	63.01°	Mithuna	Mr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha	15.56°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	238.73°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra	1.54°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
शनि Śani	266.20°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:34 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:00 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	10:49 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:43 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 25 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 34 Mins 29 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:39 – 03:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:22 – 04:34
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:18 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:11 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:48 – 19:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:00 – 19:36
Amṛta Kāla	18:45 – 20:30
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:18 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	17:11 – 19:00
Yamaganda	11:47 – 13:35
Gulika Kāla	15:23 – 17:11
Varjyam	05:10 – 05:33
Dur Muhūrta	07:56 – 08:25

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: Vasanta (Spring)

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 Udveg	04:34 – 06:22 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	06:22 – 08:10 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	08:10 – 09:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	09:59 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	11:47 – 13:35 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:35 – 15:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	15:23 – 17:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	17:11 – 19:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	19:00 – 20:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	20:11 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	21:23 – 22:35 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:35 – 23:47 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	23:47 – 00:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	00:59 – 02:10 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	02:10 – 03:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	03:22 – 04:34 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870150.27
Julian Day	2458615.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1234°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	90.76°

🪷 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 (24.1234°), declination 18.02°, EoT 3.74 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: 2019-05-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)