पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 1, 2039 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 4.5 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन।

तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप।।4.5।।
"4.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: I have been born again and again, from time to time; thou too,O Arjuna! My births are known to Me, but thou knowest not thine." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2096 Aṅgirasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1961 Siddhārthī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1446
Malayalam Era: 1215
Nanakshahi: 570
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya16.16°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra99.87°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala328.12°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha358.38°MīnaRevatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati116.39°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra58.63°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
शनि Śani147.87°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:47 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:48 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:06 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:39 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 00 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 59 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:55 – 03:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:37 – 04:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta18:36 – 19:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:48 – 19:23
Amṛta Kāla18:33 – 20:18
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:03 – 18:48
Yamaganda11:48 – 13:33
Gulika Kāla15:18 – 17:03
Varjyam05:22 – 05:45
Dur Muhūrta 08:03 – 08:31

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) (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 · 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 Udveg04:47 – 06:32 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:32 – 08:17 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:17 – 10:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:03 – 11:48 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:48 – 13:33 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:33 – 15:18 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:18 – 17:03 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:03 – 18:48 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:48 – 20:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:03 – 21:18 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:18 – 22:33 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:33 – 23:48 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:48 – 01:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:03 – 02:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:17 – 03:32 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:32 – 04:47 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5141
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1877444.27
Julian Day2465909.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.4024°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)87.46°
🪷 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 (24.4024°), declination 14.99°, EoT 2.92 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: 2039-05-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)