पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 14, 2016 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 3.43 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga

एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना।

जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम्।।3.43।।

"3.43 Thus, O Mighty-in-Arms, knowing Him to be beyond the intellect and, by His help, subduing thy personal egotism, kill thine enemy, Desire, extremely difficult though it be."" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 3.43's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya

Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1423

Malayalam Era: 1192

Nanakshahi: 547

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	0.45°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
चन्द्र Candra	88.91°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	224.52°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4
बुध Budha	19.15°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	139.47°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra	346.03°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani	231.81°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:12 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:30 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:51 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	10:19 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	01:11 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 18 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 41 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:25 – 04:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:05 – 05:12
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:24 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:04 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:18 – 18:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:30 – 19:03
Amṛta Kāla	18:15 – 20:00
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:24 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	13:31 – 15:11
Yamaganda	05:12 – 06:52
Gulika Kāla	08:31 – 10:11
Varjyam	05:45 – 06:06
Dur Muhūrta	08:18 – 08:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	05:12 – 06:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	06:52 – 08:31 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	08:31 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	10:11 – 11:51 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	11:51 – 13:31 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	13:31 – 15:11 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	15:11 – 16:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	16:50 – 18:30 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	18:30 – 19:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	19:50 – 21:11 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	21:11 – 22:31 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	22:31 – 23:51 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	23:51 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	01:11 – 02:31 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	02:31 – 03:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	03:52 – 05:12 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Bṛhaspati Walk (गुरु यात्रा)

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869027.27
Julian Day	2457492.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0805°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	85.16°

🪷 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 (24.0805°), declination 9.50°, EoT -0.50 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: 2016-04-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)