पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 8, 2016 CE

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मीन सङ्क्रान्ति · Mīna SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 3.37 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga

श्री भगवानुवाच

काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः।

महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्।।3.37।।

"3.37 Lord Shri Krishna: It is desire, it is aversion, born of passion. Desire consumes and corrupts everything. It is man's greatest enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 3.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya

Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1423

Malayalam Era: 1192

Nanakshahi: 547

Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	354.56°	Mīna	Revatī P3
चन्द्र Candra	2.72°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	224.06°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4
बुध Budha	9.50°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	139.96°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra	338.63°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani	231.97°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:22 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:24 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:53 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	05:44 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	19:06 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 01 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 58 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:38 – 04:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:17 – 05:22
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:27 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:03 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:12 – 18:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:24 – 18:56
Amṛta Kāla	18:09 – 19:54
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:27 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:15 – 11:53
Yamaganda	15:08 – 16:46
Gulika Kāla	07:00 – 08:37
Varjyam	05:54 – 06:15
Dur Muhūrta	08:24 – 08:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	05:22 – 07:00 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	07:00 – 08:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	08:37 – 10:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:15 – 11:53 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	11:53 – 13:30 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:30 – 15:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	15:08 – 16:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	16:46 – 18:24 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	18:24 – 19:46 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	19:46 – 21:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	21:08 – 22:30 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:30 – 23:53 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	23:53 – 01:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:15 – 02:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	02:37 – 04:00 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	04:00 – 05:22 (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 Śukla Pratipada + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:

-3101-02-18 — Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869021.27
Julian Day	2457486.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0803°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	7.17°

🪷 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 (24.0803°), declination 7.30°, EoT -2.19 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: 2016-04-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)