पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 9, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.7 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन।

कर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगमसक्तः स विशिष्यते।।3.7।।
"3.7 But, O Arjuna! All honour to him whose mind controls his senses, for he is thereby beginning to practise Karma-Yoga, the Path of Right Action, keeping himself always unattached." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya324.82°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra324.26°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala216.74°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha311.78°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati143.44°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra301.53°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani231.89°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:13 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:51 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:13 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:46 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 37 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 22 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:40 – 05:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:15 – 06:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:45
Godhūli Muhūrta17:39 – 18:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:51 – 18:20
Amṛta Kāla17:36 – 19:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:02 – 13:29
Yamaganda07:40 – 09:07
Gulika Kāla10:35 – 12:02
Varjyam06:42 – 07:01
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
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 Labha06:13 – 07:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:40 – 09:07 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:07 – 10:35 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:35 – 12:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:02 – 13:29 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:29 – 14:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:56 – 16:23 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:23 – 17:51 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:51 – 19:23 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:23 – 20:56 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:56 – 22:29 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:29 – 00:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:02 – 01:35 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:35 – 03:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:07 – 04:40 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:40 – 06:13 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Pūrva Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868991.27
Julian Day2457456.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0791°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)358.18°
🪷 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 (24.0791°), declination -4.39°, EoT -11.28 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: 2016-03-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)