पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 6, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.14 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम्।विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम्।।18.14।।
"18.14 They are a body, a personality, physical organs, their manifold activity and destiny." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya21.10°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra204.94°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala87.28°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha14.39°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati3.37°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra63.82°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani311.65°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:41 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:53 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:05 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:00 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 12 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 47 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:47 – 03:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:30 – 04:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta18:41 – 19:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:53 – 19:29
Amṛta Kāla18:38 – 20:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:14 – 10:01
Yamaganda13:34 – 15:20
Gulika Kāla04:41 – 06:27
Varjyam05:16 – 05:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:00 – 08:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 Kāla04:41 – 06:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:27 – 08:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:14 – 10:01 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:01 – 11:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:47 – 13:34 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:34 – 15:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:20 – 17:07 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:07 – 18:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:53 – 20:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:07 – 21:20 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:20 – 22:34 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:34 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:47 – 01:01 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:01 – 02:14 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:14 – 03:27 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:27 – 04:41 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Pratipada + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871605.27
Julian Day2460070.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1791°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)182.98°
🪷 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 (24.1791°), declination 16.42°, EoT 3.44 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: 2023-05-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)