पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 18, 2032 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 10.30 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga🪷 Kālaḥ Kalayatām Aham · Krishna IS Time

प्रह्लादश्चास्मि दैत्यानां कालः कलयतामहम्।

मृगाणां च मृगेन्द्रोऽहं वैनतेयश्च पक्षिणाम्।।10.30।।

"10.30 And I am the devotee Prahlad among the heathen; of Time I am the Eternal Present; I am the Lion among beasts and the Eagle among birds." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 10.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2089 Krodhana

Śaka Saṁvat: 1954 Paridhāvi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1439

Malayalam Era: 1208

Nanakshahi: 563

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	4.26°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra	98.70°	Karka	Puṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	27.58°	Meṣa	Kṛttikā P1
बुध Budha	336.62°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	276.14°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	351.84°	Mīna	Revatī P2
शनि Śani	54.86°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:05 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:35 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:50 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	10:50 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	01:25 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 29 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 30 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:17 – 04:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:58 – 05:05
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:23 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:05 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:23 – 18:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:35 – 19:08
Amṛta Kāla	18:20 – 20:05
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:23 – 00:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:53 – 18:35
Yamaganda	11:50 – 13:31
Gulika Kāla	15:12 – 16:53
Varjyam	05:39 – 06:01
Dur Muhūrta	08:14 – 08:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	05:05 – 06:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	06:47 – 08:28 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	08:28 – 10:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:09 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	11:50 – 13:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:31 – 15:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	15:12 – 16:53 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	16:53 – 18:35 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	18:35 – 19:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	19:53 – 21:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	21:12 – 22:31 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:31 – 23:50 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	23:50 – 01:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:09 – 02:28 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	02:28 – 03:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	03:47 – 05:05 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5134
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1874875.27
Julian Day	2463340.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.3041°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	93.73°

🪷 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 (24.3041°), declination 10.96°, EoT 0.51 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: 2032-04-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)