पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 24, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.14 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः।प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम्।।15.14।।
"15.14 Becoming the fire of life, I pass into their bodies and, uniting with the vital streams of Prana and Apana, I digest the various kinds of food." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya339.47°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra97.48°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala47.30°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
बुध Budha317.17°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati297.47°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra338.62°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani286.58°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:48 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:07 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:31 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:08 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 19 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 40 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:09 – 04:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:46 – 05:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta17:55 – 18:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:07 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla17:52 – 19:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:57 – 13:30
Yamaganda07:20 – 08:53
Gulika Kāla10:25 – 11:57
Varjyam06:19 – 06:38
Dur Muhūrta 08:40 – 09:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:48 – 07:20 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:20 – 08:53 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:53 – 10:25 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:25 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:57 – 13:30 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:30 – 15:02 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:02 – 16:35 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:35 – 18:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:07 – 19:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:35 – 21:02 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:02 – 22:30 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:30 – 23:57 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:57 – 01:25 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:25 – 02:53 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:53 – 04:20 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:20 – 05:48 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870832.27
Julian Day2459297.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1495°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)119.81°
🪷 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 (24.1495°), declination 1.44°, EoT -6.90 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: 2021-03-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)