पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 29, 2012 CE

Also observed today

तुला सङ्क्रान्ति · Tulā SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 7.21 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga

यो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयार्चितुमिच्छति।

तस्य तस्याचलां श्रद्धां तामेव विदधाम्यहम्।।7.21।।

"7.21 But whatever the form of worship, if the devotee have faith, then upon his faith in that worship do I set My own seal." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 7.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu

Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana

Bengali Saṁvat: 1419

Malayalam Era: 1188

Nanakshahi: 543

Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Aśvinī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	191.99°	Tulā	Svātī P2
चन्द्र Candra	3.37°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	231.63°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha	215.80°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	50.99°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra	156.41°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani	188.48°	Tulā	Svātī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:19 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:49 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:34 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	16:18 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	05:41 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 29 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 30 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:55 – 05:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:27 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:13 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:19 – 14:01
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:37 – 17:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:49 – 17:15
Amṛta Kāla	16:34 – 18:19
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:13 – 23:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	07:38 – 08:57
Yamaganda	10:15 – 11:34
Gulika Kāla	12:53 – 14:12
Varjyam	06:45 – 07:02
Dur Muhūrta	08:46 – 09:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	06:19 – 07:38 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	07:38 – 08:57 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	08:57 – 10:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:15 – 11:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	11:34 – 12:53 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	12:53 – 14:12 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	14:12 – 15:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	15:30 – 16:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	16:49 – 18:30 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	18:30 – 20:12 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	20:12 – 21:53 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	21:53 – 23:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	23:34 – 01:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:15 – 02:57 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	02:57 – 04:38 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	04:38 – 06:19 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:

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

-3101-02-18 — Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867764.27
Julian Day	2456229.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0322°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	172.09°

🪷 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 (24.0322°), declination -13.53°, EoT 16.43 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: 2012-10-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)