पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · June 13, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.52 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः।ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः।।18.52।।
"18.52 Enjoying solitude, abstemiousness, his body, mind and speech under perfect control, absorbed in meditation, he becomes free - always filled with the spirit of renunciation." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.52's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya57.63°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
चन्द्र Candra356.04°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala109.06°KarkaAśleṣā P1
बुध Budha37.94°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.75°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra102.37°KarkaPuṣya P3
शनि Śani313.09°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:15 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:26 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:12 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:16 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 11 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 48 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:13 – 03:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā02:59 – 04:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta19:14 – 19:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:26 – 20:04
Amṛta Kāla19:11 – 20:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:21

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:38 – 17:32
Yamaganda08:02 – 09:56
Gulika Kāla11:50 – 13:44
Varjyam04:53 – 05:17
Dur Muhūrta 07:47 – 08:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
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):
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:15 – 06:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:09 – 08:02 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:02 – 09:56 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha09:56 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:50 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:44 – 15:38 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:38 – 17:32 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:32 – 19:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:26 – 20:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:32 – 21:38 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:38 – 22:44 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:44 – 23:50 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:50 – 00:56 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha00:56 – 02:02 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:02 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:09 – 04:15 (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 Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871643.27
Julian Day2460108.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1805°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)297.31°
🪷 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 (24.1805°), declination 23.18°, EoT 0.22 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: 2023-06-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)