पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 15, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.19 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता।

योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः।।6.19।।
"6.19 The wise man who has conquered his mind and is absorbed in the Self is as a lamp which does not flicker, since it stands sheltered from every wind." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya30.54°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
चन्द्र Candra305.71°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala306.87°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha42.05°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati273.10°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra57.45°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
शनि Śani277.78°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:30 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:03 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:46 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:29 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 33 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 26 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:34 – 03:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:17 – 04:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:51 – 19:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:03 – 19:40
Amṛta Kāla18:48 – 20:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:58 – 11:47
Yamaganda15:25 – 17:14
Gulika Kāla06:19 – 08:08
Varjyam05:06 – 05:30
Dur Muhūrta 07:54 – 08:23

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:30 – 06:19 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:19 – 08:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:08 – 09:58 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla09:58 – 11:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:47 – 13:36 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:36 – 15:25 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:25 – 17:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:14 – 19:03 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:03 – 20:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:14 – 21:25 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:25 – 22:36 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:36 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:47 – 00:58 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla00:58 – 02:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:08 – 03:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:19 – 04:30 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870519.27
Julian Day2458984.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1375°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)273.14°
🪷 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 (24.1375°), declination 18.94°, EoT 3.76 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: 2020-05-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)