पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 18, 2031 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.19 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्।

उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते।।2.19।।
"2.19 He who thinks that the Spirit kills, and he who thinks of It as killed, are both ignorant. The Spirit kills not, nor is It killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2088 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1953 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1438
Malayalam Era: 1207
Nanakshahi: 562
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya32.65°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
चन्द्र Candra355.19°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala194.27°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha10.36°MeṣaAśvinī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati243.10°DhanuMūla P1
शुक्र Śukra76.86°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शनि Śani45.88°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:28 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:06 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:46 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:48 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 37 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 22 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:31 – 03:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:15 – 04:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:54 – 19:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:06 – 19:42
Amṛta Kāla18:51 – 20:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:16 – 19:06
Yamaganda11:47 – 13:37
Gulika Kāla15:26 – 17:16
Varjyam05:04 – 05:28
Dur Muhūrta 07:53 – 08:22

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)
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 Udveg04:28 – 06:18 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:18 – 08:07 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:07 – 09:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:57 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:47 – 13:37 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:37 – 15:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:26 – 17:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:16 – 19:06 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:06 – 20:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:16 – 21:26 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:26 – 22:37 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:37 – 23:47 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:47 – 00:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:57 – 02:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:07 – 03:18 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:18 – 04:28 (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 Year5133
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874539.27
Julian Day2463004.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2913°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)321.94°
🪷 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 (24.2913°), declination 19.47°, EoT 3.69 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: 2031-05-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)