पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · June 22, 2021 CE

Also observed today

प्रदोष व्रत · Pradoṣa VrataShaiva

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.32 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता।सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी।।18.32।।

"18.32 And that which, shrouded in Ignorance, thinks wrong right, and sees everything perversely, O Arjuna, that intellect is ruled by Darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda

Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava

Bengali Saṁvat: 1428

Malayalam Era: 1197

Nanakshahi: 552

Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	66.71°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P1
चन्द्र Candra	208.49°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	102.01°	Karka	Puṣya P3
बुध Budha	51.50°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	308.00°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra	89.33°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P3
शनि Śani	288.70°	Makara	Śravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:15 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:29 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:52 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	16:25 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	02:13 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	15 Hours 13 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	8 Hours 46 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:14 – 03:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	02:59 – 04:15
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:22 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:24 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:17 – 19:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:29 – 20:07
Amṛta Kāla	19:14 – 20:59
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:22 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:41 – 17:35
Yamaganda	08:04 – 09:58
Gulika Kāla	11:52 – 13:46
Varjyam	04:53 – 05:18
Dur Muhūrta	07:49 – 08:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	04:15 – 06:10 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	06:10 – 08:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	08:04 – 09:58 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	09:58 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	11:52 – 13:46 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:46 – 15:41 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	15:41 – 17:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	17:35 – 19:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	19:29 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	20:35 – 21:41 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	21:41 – 22:46 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:46 – 23:52 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	23:52 – 00:58 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	00:58 – 02:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	02:04 – 03:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	03:10 – 04:15 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Trayodaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870922.27
Julian Day	2459387.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1530°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	144.02°

🪷 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 (24.1530°), declination 23.43°, EoT -1.66 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: 2021-06-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)