पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 27, 2013 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.11 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

न हि देहभृता शक्यं त्यक्तुं कर्माण्यशेषतः।यस्तु कर्मफलत्यागी स त्यागीत्यभिधीयते।।18.11।।

"18.11 But since those still in the body cannot entirely avoid action, in their case abandonment of the fruit of action is considered as complete renunciation." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1420

Malayalam Era: 1189

Nanakshahi: 544

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	160.06°	Kanyā	Hasta P1
चन्द्र Candra	68.66°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	114.61°	Karka	Aśleṣā P3
बुध Budha	182.51°	Tulā	Citrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	83.26°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra	203.84°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2
शनि Śani	195.28°	Tulā	Svātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:42 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:39 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:41 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	22:00 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	13:10 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 57 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 02 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:06 – 04:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:42 – 05:42
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:17 – 12:05
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:40 – 14:28
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:27 – 17:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:39 – 18:09
Amṛta Kāla	17:24 – 19:09
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:17 – 00:05

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:11 – 11:41
Yamaganda	14:40 – 16:10
Gulika Kāla	07:12 – 08:41
Varjyam	06:12 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta	08:29 – 08:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	05:42 – 07:12 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	07:12 – 08:41 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	08:41 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:11 – 11:41 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	11:41 – 13:10 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:10 – 14:40 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	14:40 – 16:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	16:10 – 17:39 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	17:39 – 19:10 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	19:10 – 20:40 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	20:40 – 22:10 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:10 – 23:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	23:41 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:11 – 02:41 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	02:41 – 04:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	04:12 – 05:42 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Ārdrā alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868097.27
Julian Day	2456562.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0449°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	269.31°

🪷 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 (24.0449°), declination -1.63°, EoT 9.84 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: 2013-09-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)