पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 29, 2012 CE

Also observed today

रास पूर्णिमा · Rāsa Pūrṇimā (Vraja Mahā-Rāsa)Vaishnava
महर्षि वाल्मीकि जयन्ती · Mahārṣi Vālmīki JayantīPan-Hindu
कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 6.38 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga

कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति।

अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।6.38।।

"6.38 Having failed in both, my Lord, is he without hope, like a riven cloud having no support, lost on the spiritual road?" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 6.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu

Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana

Bengali Saṁvat: 1419

Malayalam Era: 1188

Nanakshahi: 543

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	162.27°	Kanyā	Hasta P1
चन्द्र Candra	329.55°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	210.15°	Vṛścika	Viśākhā P4
बुध Budha	175.88°	Kanyā	Citrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	51.96°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra	120.89°	Siṃha	Maghā P1
शनि Śani	184.91°	Tulā	Citrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:45 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:36 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:40 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	16:55 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	04:43 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 51 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 09 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:10 – 04:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:45 – 05:45
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:16 – 12:04
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:39 – 14:26
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:24 – 17:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:36 – 18:05
Amṛta Kāla	17:21 – 19:06
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:16 – 00:04

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:42 – 10:11
Yamaganda	13:09 – 14:38
Gulika Kāla	05:45 – 07:13
Varjyam	06:14 – 06:33
Dur Muhūrta	08:30 – 08:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	05:45 – 07:13 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	07:13 – 08:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	08:42 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:11 – 11:40 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	11:40 – 13:09 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:09 – 14:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	14:38 – 16:07 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	16:07 – 17:36 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	17:36 – 19:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	19:07 – 20:38 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	20:38 – 22:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:09 – 23:40 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	23:40 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:11 – 02:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	02:42 – 04:13 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	04:13 – 05:45 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Pūrva Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867734.27
Julian Day	2456199.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0310°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	168.25°

🪷 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 (24.0310°), declination -2.50°, EoT 10.52 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: 2012-09-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)