पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 4, 2025 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.12 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम्।भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित्।।18.12।।
"18.12 For those who cannot renounce all desire, the fruit of action hereafter is threefold - good, evil, and partly good and partly evil. But for him who has renounced, there is none." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya350.32°MīnaRevatī P2
चन्द्र Candra67.07°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala90.02°KarkaPunarvasu P4
बुध Budha332.93°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati52.20°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra331.72°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani330.74°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:29 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:19 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:26 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:36 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 50 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 09 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:46 – 04:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:25 – 05:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:54
Godhūli Muhūrta18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:19 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:18 – 11:54
Yamaganda15:06 – 16:43
Gulika Kāla07:05 – 08:41
Varjyam06:01 – 06:21
Dur Muhūrta 08:29 – 08:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:29 – 07:05 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:05 – 08:41 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:41 – 10:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:18 – 11:54 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:54 – 13:30 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:30 – 15:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:06 – 16:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:43 – 18:19 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:19 – 19:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:43 – 21:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:06 – 22:30 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:30 – 23:54 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:54 – 01:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:18 – 02:41 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:41 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:05 – 05:29 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872304.27
Julian Day2460769.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2058°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)73.40°
🪷 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 (24.2058°), declination 5.73°, EoT -3.40 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: 2025-04-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)