पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 29, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.37 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्।तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्।।18.37।।
"18.37 Which at first seems like poison but afterwards acts like nectar - that pleasure is Pure, for it is born of Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya43.27°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra148.84°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala100.31°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha18.08°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati8.60°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra88.16°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani312.79°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:20 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:16 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:37 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:03 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 56 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 03 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:20 – 03:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:05 – 04:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta19:04 – 19:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:16 – 19:53
Amṛta Kāla19:01 – 20:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:12 – 08:04
Yamaganda09:56 – 11:48
Gulika Kāla13:40 – 15:32
Varjyam04:57 – 05:21
Dur Muhūrta 07:49 – 08:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:20 – 06:12 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:12 – 08:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:04 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga09:56 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:48 – 13:40 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:40 – 15:32 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:32 – 17:24 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:24 – 19:16 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:16 – 20:24 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:24 – 21:32 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:32 – 22:40 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:40 – 23:48 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:48 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga00:56 – 02:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:04 – 03:12 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:12 – 04:20 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871628.27
Julian Day2460093.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1800°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)106.72°
🪷 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 (24.1800°), declination 21.55°, EoT 2.77 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: 2023-05-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)