पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · June 17, 2013 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।

"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1420

Malayalam Era: 1189

Nanakshahi: 544

Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	61.99°	Mithuna	Mr̥gaśirā P3
चन्द्र Candra	155.89°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	47.52°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
बुध Budha	85.64°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	63.40°	Mithuna	Mr̥gaśirā P4
शुक्र Śukra	82.80°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
शनि Śani	190.90°	Tulā	Svātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:15 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:28 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:51 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:04 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:10 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	15 Hours 13 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	8 Hours 46 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:13 – 03:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	02:59 – 04:15
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:21 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:23 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:16 – 19:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:28 – 20:06
Amṛta Kāla	19:13 – 20:58
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:21 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	06:09 – 08:03
Yamaganda	09:57 – 11:51
Gulika Kāla	13:45 – 15:39
Varjyam	04:53 – 05:17
Dur Muhūrta	07:48 – 08:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: North-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	04:15 – 06:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	06:09 – 08:03 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	08:03 – 09:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	09:57 – 11:51 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	11:51 – 13:45 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:45 – 15:39 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	15:39 – 17:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	17:34 – 19:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	19:28 – 20:34 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	20:34 – 21:39 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	21:39 – 22:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:45 – 23:51 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	23:51 – 00:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	00:57 – 02:03 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	02:03 – 03:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	03:09 – 04:15 (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 Navamī + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867995.27
Julian Day	2456460.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0410°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	97.48°

🪷 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 (24.0410°), declination 23.38°, EoT -0.61 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: 2013-06-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)