पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 9, 2015 CE

Also observed today

प्रदोष व्रत · Pradoṣa VrataShaiva

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 1.35 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga

एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन।

अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते।।1.35।।

"1.35 I would not kill them, even for three worlds; why then for this poor earth? It matters not if I myself am killed." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 1.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka

Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha

Bengali Saṁvat: 1422

Malayalam Era: 1191

Nanakshahi: 546

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)	Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	232.55°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra	204.98°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	171.19°	Kanyā	Hasta P4
बुध Budha	244.11°	Dhanu	Mūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	147.02°	Siṃha	Uttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra	190.26°	Tulā	Svātī P2
शनि Śani	224.22°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:07 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:20 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:44 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	04:56 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	14:51 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 13 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 46 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:53 – 06:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:21 – 07:07
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:25 – 12:02
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:16 – 13:53
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:08 – 16:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:20 – 16:44
Amṛta Kāla	16:05 – 17:50
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:25 – 00:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:44 – 12:53
Yamaganda	08:16 – 09:25
Gulika Kāla	10:34 – 11:44
Varjyam	07:30 – 07:45
Dur Muhūrta	09:16 – 09:34

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	07:07 – 08:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	08:16 – 09:25 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	09:25 – 10:34 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:34 – 11:44 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	11:44 – 12:53 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	12:53 – 14:02 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	14:02 – 15:11 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	15:11 – 16:20 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	16:20 – 18:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	18:11 – 20:02 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	20:02 – 21:53 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	21:53 – 23:44 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	23:44 – 01:34 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:34 – 03:25 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	03:25 – 05:16 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	05:16 – 07:07 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868900.27
Julian Day	2457365.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0756°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	331.41°

🪷 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 (24.0756°), declination -22.76°, EoT 6.87 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: 2015-12-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)