पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 2, 2027 CE

🪷 आज: पापमोचनी एकादशी — Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
Removes mahā-pātakas (great sins).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.39 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः।निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।18.39।।
"18.39 While the pleasure which from first to last merely drugs the senses, which springs from indolence, lethargy and folly - that pleasure flows from Ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.39's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1434
Malayalam Era: 1203
Nanakshahi: 558
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya347.84°MīnaRevatī P1
चन्द्र Candra290.45°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala116.31°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha324.33°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati112.73°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra313.50°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani352.78°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:33 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:16 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:03 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:07 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 43 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 16 Mins 38 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:51 – 04:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:29 – 05:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:29 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta18:04 – 18:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:16 – 18:48
Amṛta Kāla18:01 – 19:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:29 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:19 – 11:55
Yamaganda15:05 – 16:41
Gulika Kāla07:08 – 08:44
Varjyam06:05 – 06:25
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 08:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:33 – 07:08 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:08 – 08:44 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:44 – 10:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:19 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:55 – 13:30 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:30 – 15:05 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:05 – 16:41 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:41 – 18:16 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:16 – 19:41 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:41 – 21:05 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:05 – 22:30 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:30 – 23:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:55 – 01:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:19 – 02:44 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:44 – 04:08 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:08 – 05:33 (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 Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873032.27
Julian Day2461497.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2337°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)301.77°
🪷 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 (24.2337°), declination 4.77°, EoT -4.03 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: 2027-04-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)