पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 3, 2030 CE

🪷 आज: चैत्र नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.19 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च।

अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन।।9.19।।
"9.19 I am the Heat of the Sun, I release and hold back the Rains. I am Death and Immortality; I am Being and Not-Being." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2087 Rudhirodgāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1952 Sādhāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1437
Malayalam Era: 1206
Nanakshahi: 561
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya349.06°MīnaRevatī P1
चन्द्र Candra350.39°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala1.45°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha7.58°MeṣaAśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati212.78°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शुक्र Śukra302.77°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani28.31°MeṣaKṛttikā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:31 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:18 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:36 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:24 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 46 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 13 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:49 – 04:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:27 – 05:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:29 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta18:06 – 18:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:18 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:03 – 19:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:29 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:54 – 13:30
Yamaganda07:07 – 08:43
Gulika Kāla10:18 – 11:54
Varjyam06:03 – 06:23
Dur Muhūrta 08:30 – 08:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
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 Labha05:31 – 07:07 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:07 – 08:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:43 – 10:18 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:18 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:54 – 13:30 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:30 – 15:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:06 – 16:42 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:42 – 18:18 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:18 – 19:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:42 – 21:06 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:06 – 22:30 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:30 – 23:54 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:54 – 01:18 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:18 – 02:43 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:43 – 04:07 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:07 – 05:31 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5131
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874129.27
Julian Day2462594.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2756°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)2.97°
🪷 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 (24.2756°), declination 5.26°, EoT -3.71 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: 2030-04-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)