पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 14, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.13 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
इदमद्य मया लब्धमिमं प्राप्स्ये मनोरथम्।इदमस्तीदमपि मे भविष्यति पुनर्धनम्।।16.13।।
"16.13 This I have gained today; tomorrow I will gratify another desire; this wealth is mine now, the rest shall be mine ere long;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya329.02°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra225.67°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala60.18°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha325.43°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati350.70°MīnaRevatī P2
शुक्र Śukra2.00°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शनि Śani306.66°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:06 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:55 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:28 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:46 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:31 – 05:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:07 – 06:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:43 – 18:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:55 – 18:25
Amṛta Kāla17:40 – 19:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:58 – 16:27
Yamaganda09:03 – 10:32
Gulika Kāla12:00 – 13:29
Varjyam06:35 – 06:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:06 – 07:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:34 – 09:03 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:03 – 10:32 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:32 – 12:00 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:00 – 13:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:29 – 14:58 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:58 – 16:27 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:27 – 17:55 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:55 – 19:27 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:27 – 20:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:58 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:29 – 00:00 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:00 – 01:32 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:32 – 03:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:03 – 04:34 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:34 – 06:06 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Saptamī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871552.27
Julian Day2460017.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1771°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)259.24°
🪷 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 (24.1771°), declination -2.70°, EoT -9.94 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: 2023-03-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)