पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 2, 2028 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya348.58°MīnaRevatī P1
चन्द्र Candra68.98°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala345.59°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha338.10°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati145.66°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra33.84°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
शनि Śani4.38°MeṣaAśvinī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:32 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:17 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:41 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:51 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 45 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 14 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:50 – 04:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:28 – 05:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:29 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta18:05 – 18:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:17 – 18:49
Amṛta Kāla18:02 – 19:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:29 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:42 – 18:17
Yamaganda11:55 – 13:30
Gulika Kāla15:06 – 16:42
Varjyam06:04 – 06:24
Dur Muhūrta 08:30 – 08:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:32 – 07:07 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:07 – 08:43 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:43 – 10:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:19 – 11:55 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:55 – 13:30 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:30 – 15:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:06 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:42 – 18:17 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:17 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:42 – 21:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:06 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:30 – 23:55 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:55 – 01:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:19 – 02:43 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:43 – 04:07 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:07 – 05:32 (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 Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873398.27
Julian Day2461863.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2477°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)83.21°
🪷 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 (24.2477°), declination 5.07°, 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: 2028-04-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)