पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 20, 2015 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.3 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते।सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम्।।12.3।।

"12.3 Those who worship Me as the Indestructible, the Undefinable, the Omnipresent, the Unthinkable, the Primeval, the Immutable and the Eternal;" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka

Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha

Bengali Saṁvat: 1422

Malayalam Era: 1191

Nanakshahi: 546

Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)	Nāga
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	335.05°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra	329.93°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	356.99°	Mīna	Revatī P4
बुध Budha	316.45°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	108.35°	Karka	Aśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra	8.89°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
शनि Śani	220.61°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:55 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:02 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:59 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	05:44 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	17:33 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 06 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 53 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:19 – 05:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:55 – 05:55
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:34 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:00 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:02 – 18:32
Amṛta Kāla	17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:34 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:28 – 11:59
Yamaganda	15:00 – 16:31
Gulika Kāla	07:26 – 08:57
Varjyam	06:26 – 06:45
Dur Muhūrta	08:45 – 09:09

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 Chala	05:55 – 07:26 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	07:26 – 08:57 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	08:57 – 10:28 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:28 – 11:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	11:59 – 13:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:29 – 15:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	15:00 – 16:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	16:31 – 18:02 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	18:02 – 19:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	19:31 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	21:00 – 22:29 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:29 – 23:59 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	23:59 – 01:28 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:28 – 02:57 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	02:57 – 04:26 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	04:26 – 05:55 (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 Amāvasyā + Pūrva Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-20 — Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868636.27
Julian Day	2457101.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0655°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	355.26°

🪷 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 (24.0655°), declination -0.35°, EoT -8.15 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: 2015-03-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)