पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 23, 2028 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.10 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
मयाऽध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम्।

हेतुनाऽनेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते।।9.10।।
"9.10 Under my guidance, Nature produces all things movable and immovable. Thus it is, O Arjuna, that this universe revolves." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya9.17°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra348.73°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala1.64°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha20.96°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati143.80°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra49.63°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani7.03°MeṣaAśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:58 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:40 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:06 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:49 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 42 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 17 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:08 – 04:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:49 – 04:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta18:28 – 18:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:40 – 19:14
Amṛta Kāla18:25 – 20:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:57 – 18:40
Yamaganda11:49 – 13:32
Gulika Kāla15:14 – 16:57
Varjyam05:32 – 05:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:10 – 08:37

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (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 Udveg04:58 – 06:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:41 – 08:23 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:23 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:06 – 11:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:49 – 13:32 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:32 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:14 – 16:57 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:57 – 18:40 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:40 – 19:57 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:57 – 21:14 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:14 – 22:32 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:32 – 23:49 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:49 – 01:06 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:06 – 02:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:23 – 03:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:41 – 04:58 (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 Year5130
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873419.27
Julian Day2461884.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2485°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)338.71°
🪷 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 (24.2485°), declination 12.65°, EoT 1.60 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: 2028-04-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)