पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 12, 2031 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 2.13 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा।

तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति।।2.13।।
"2.13 As the soul experiences in this body infancy, youth and old age, so finally it passes into another. The wise have no delusion about this." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2088 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1953 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1438
Malayalam Era: 1207
Nanakshahi: 562
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya26.86°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra273.69°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala196.33°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha1.49°MeṣaAśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati243.62°DhanuMūla P2
शुक्र Śukra70.48°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शनि Śani45.12°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:34 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:00 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:29 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:59 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 25 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 34 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:38 – 03:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:22 – 04:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:48 – 19:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:00 – 19:36
Amṛta Kāla18:45 – 20:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:22 – 08:10
Yamaganda09:59 – 11:47
Gulika Kāla13:35 – 15:23
Varjyam05:10 – 05:33
Dur Muhūrta 07:56 – 08:25

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:34 – 06:22 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:22 – 08:10 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:10 – 09:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga09:59 – 11:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:47 – 13:35 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:35 – 15:23 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:23 – 17:11 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:11 – 19:00 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:00 – 20:11 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:11 – 21:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:23 – 22:35 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:35 – 23:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:47 – 00:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga00:59 – 02:10 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:10 – 03:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:22 – 04:34 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5133
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874533.27
Julian Day2462998.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2911°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)244.21°
🪷 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 (24.2911°), declination 18.04°, EoT 3.74 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: 2031-05-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)