पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 8, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: होलिका दहन — Holikā Dahana
Burning of Holikā; Prahlāda saved by Hari. Eve of Holi.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.22 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः।

समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते।।4.22।।
"4.22 Content with what comes to him without effort of his own, mounting above the pairs of opposites, free from envy, his mind balanced both in success and failure; though he acts, yet the consequences do not bind him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya323.80°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra119.86°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala259.81°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha304.07°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati266.68°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra8.80°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शनि Śani274.65°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:15 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:49 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:33 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:19 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 34 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 25 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:42 – 05:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:17 – 06:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta17:37 – 18:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:49 – 18:18
Amṛta Kāla17:34 – 19:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:23 – 17:49
Yamaganda12:02 – 13:29
Gulika Kāla14:56 – 16:23
Varjyam06:44 – 07:02
Dur Muhūrta 08:57 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:15 – 07:42 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:42 – 09:08 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:08 – 10:35 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:35 – 12:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:02 – 13:29 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:29 – 14:56 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:56 – 16:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:23 – 17:49 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:49 – 19:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:23 – 20:56 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:56 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:29 – 00:02 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:02 – 01:35 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:35 – 03:08 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:08 – 04:42 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:42 – 06:15 (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 Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870451.27
Julian Day2458916.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1349°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)156.59°
🪷 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 (24.1349°), declination -4.77°, EoT -11.53 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: 2020-03-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)