पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 20, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.35 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यज्ज्ञात्वा न पुनर्मोहमेवं यास्यसि पाण्डव।

येन भूतान्यशेषेण द्रक्ष्यस्यात्मन्यथो मयि।।4.35।।
"4.35 Having known That, thou shalt never again be confounded; and, O Arjuna, by the power of that wisdom, thou shalt see all these people as if they were thine own Self, and therefore as Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya307.21°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra167.56°KanyāHasta P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala264.98°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha280.82°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati317.53°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra264.43°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani293.65°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:40 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:29 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:00 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:33 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 49 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 10 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:14 – 05:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:46 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:36
Godhūli Muhūrta17:17 – 17:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:29 – 17:56
Amṛta Kāla17:14 – 18:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:08 – 17:29
Yamaganda12:05 – 13:26
Gulika Kāla14:47 – 16:08
Varjyam07:07 – 07:25
Dur Muhūrta 09:12 – 09:33

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:40 – 08:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:01 – 09:23 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:23 – 10:44 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:44 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:05 – 13:26 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:26 – 14:47 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:47 – 16:08 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:08 – 17:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:29 – 19:08 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:08 – 20:47 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:47 – 22:26 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:26 – 00:05 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:05 – 01:44 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:44 – 03:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:23 – 05:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:01 – 06:40 (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 Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871165.27
Julian Day2459630.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1623°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)220.63°
🪷 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 (24.1623°), declination -10.99°, EoT -14.28 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: 2022-02-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)