पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 22, 2013 CE

Also observed today

अङ्गारक चतुर्थी · Aṅgāraka Caturthī (Tuesday Caturthī)Pan-Hindu
तुला सङ्क्रान्ति · Tulā SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu
सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी · Saṅkaṣṭī CaturthīPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.36 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं श्रृणु मे भरतर्षभ।अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति।।18.36।।

"18.36 Hear further the three kinds of pleasure. That which increases day after day delivers one from misery," — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1420

Malayalam Era: 1189

Nanakshahi: 544

Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Rohiṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	184.75°	Tulā	Citrā P4
चन्द्र Candra	40.46°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	129.69°	Siṃha	Maghā P3
बुध Budha	204.41°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	85.45°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra	231.26°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani	198.08°	Tulā	Svātī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:10 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:59 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:35 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	18:33 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	09:22 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 48 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 11 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:44 – 05:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:16 – 06:10
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:13 – 11:56
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:23 – 14:06
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:47 – 17:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:59 – 17:26
Amṛta Kāla	16:44 – 18:29
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:13 – 23:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:17 – 15:38
Yamaganda	08:52 – 10:13
Gulika Kāla	11:35 – 12:56
Varjyam	06:37 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta	08:42 – 09:03

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	06:10 – 07:31 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:31 – 08:52 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	08:52 – 10:13 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:13 – 11:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	11:35 – 12:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	12:56 – 14:17 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	14:17 – 15:38 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	15:38 – 16:59 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	16:59 – 18:38 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	18:38 – 20:17 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	20:17 – 21:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	21:56 – 23:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	23:35 – 01:13 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:13 – 02:52 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	02:52 – 04:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:31 – 06:10 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Caturthī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868122.27
Julian Day	2456587.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0459°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	218.27°

🪷 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 (24.0459°), declination -11.05°, EoT 15.95 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: 2013-10-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)