पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 16, 2016 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 8.7 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga

तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च।

मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्मामेवैष्यस्यसंशयम्।।8.7।।

"8.7 Therefore meditate always on Me, and fight; if thy mind and thy reason be fixed on Me, to Me shalt thou surely come." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 8.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya

Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1423

Malayalam Era: 1192

Nanakshahi: 547

Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)

Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	149.53°	Siṃha	Uttara Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra	319.23°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	238.57°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha	143.55°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	156.75°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra	176.44°	Kanyā	Citrā P1
शनि Śani	226.40°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:31 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:58 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:45 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	17:24 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	04:43 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 27 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 32 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:51 – 04:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:29 – 05:31
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:20 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:49 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:46 – 18:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:58 – 18:29
Amṛta Kāla	17:43 – 19:28
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:20 – 00:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:11 – 11:45
Yamaganda	14:51 – 16:25
Gulika Kāla	07:04 – 08:38
Varjyam	06:02 – 06:22
Dur Muhūrta	08:25 – 08:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	05:31 – 07:04 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	07:04 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	08:38 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:11 – 11:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	11:45 – 13:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:18 – 14:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	14:51 – 16:25 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	16:25 – 17:58 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	17:58 – 19:25 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	19:25 – 20:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	20:51 – 22:18 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:18 – 23:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	23:45 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:11 – 02:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	02:38 – 04:04 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	04:04 – 05:31 (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 Pūrṇimā + Śatabhiṣā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869182.27
Julian Day	2457647.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0864°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	169.01°

🪷 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 (24.0864°), declination 2.54°, EoT 5.87 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: 2016-09-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)