पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 8, 2016 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 10.28 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga

आयुधानामहं वज्रं धेनूनामस्मि कामधुक्।

प्रजनश्चास्मि कन्दर्पः सर्पाणामस्मि वासुकिः।।10.28।।

"10.28 I am the Thunderbolt among weapons; of cows I am the Cow of Plenty, I am Passion in those who procreate, and I am the Cobra among serpents." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 10.28's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya

Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1423

Malayalam Era: 1192

Nanakshahi: 547

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	232.29°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra	330.61°	Mīna	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	297.12°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha	252.53°	Dhanu	Mūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	173.36°	Kanyā	Citrā P1
शुक्र Śukra	276.18°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani	234.29°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:06 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:20 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:43 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:21 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:12 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 13 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 46 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:52 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:20 – 07:06
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:25 – 12:02
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:16 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:08 – 16:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:20 – 16:43
Amṛta Kāla	16:05 – 17:50
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:25 – 00:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	12:52 – 14:02
Yamaganda	07:06 – 08:16
Gulika Kāla	09:25 – 10:34
Varjyam	07:29 – 07:44
Dur Muhūrta	09:16 – 09:34

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (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 · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	07:06 – 08:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	08:16 – 09:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	09:25 – 10:34 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	10:34 – 11:43 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	11:43 – 12:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	12:52 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	14:02 – 15:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	15:11 – 16:20 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	16:20 – 18:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	18:11 – 20:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	20:02 – 21:52 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	21:52 – 23:43 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	23:43 – 01:34 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	01:34 – 03:25 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	03:25 – 05:16 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	05:16 – 07:06 (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 Navamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869265.27
Julian Day	2457730.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0896°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	101.93°

🪷 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 (24.0896°), declination -22.74°, EoT 7.30 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: 2016-12-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)