पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 5, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.20 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः।

तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया।।7.20।।
"7.20 They in whom wisdom is obscured by one desire or the other, worship the lesser Powers, practising many rites which vary according to their temperaments." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya351.05°MīnaRevatī P2
चन्द्र Candra204.50°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala331.65°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha322.97°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati81.68°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra12.05°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शनि Śani341.91°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:27 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:20 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:09 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:06 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 52 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 07 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:44 – 04:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:23 – 05:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:54
Godhūli Muhūrta18:08 – 18:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:20 – 18:52
Amṛta Kāla18:05 – 19:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:43 – 18:20
Yamaganda11:54 – 13:30
Gulika Kāla15:07 – 16:43
Varjyam06:00 – 06:20
Dur Muhūrta 08:28 – 08:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (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 · 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 Udveg05:27 – 07:04 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:04 – 08:41 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:41 – 10:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:17 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:54 – 13:30 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:30 – 15:07 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:07 – 16:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:43 – 18:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:20 – 19:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:43 – 21:07 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:07 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:30 – 23:54 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:54 – 01:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:17 – 02:41 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:41 – 04:04 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:04 – 05:27 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872670.27
Julian Day2461135.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2198°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)216.31°
🪷 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 (24.2198°), declination 6.01°, EoT -3.10 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: 2026-04-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)