पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 5, 2017 CE

Also observed today

पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 11.45 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga

अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा

भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे।

तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं

प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास।।11.45।।

"11.45 I rejoice that I have seen what never man saw before; yet, O Lord! I am overwhelmed with fear. Please take again the Form I know. Be merciful, O Lord! thou Who are the Home of the whole universe." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 11.45's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1424

Malayalam Era: 1193

Nanakshahi: 548

Solar Month: Makara (Tai)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	292.33°	Makara	Śravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra	33.62°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	341.46°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha	272.25°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	178.56°	Kanyā	Citrā P2
शुक्र Śukra	336.76°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani	240.69°	Dhanu	Mūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:59 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:10 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:05 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	11:32 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	02:08 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 11 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 48 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:38 – 06:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:08 – 06:59
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:44 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:47 – 14:27
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:58 – 17:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:10 – 17:36
Amṛta Kāla	16:55 – 18:40
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:44 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:54 – 17:10
Yamaganda	12:05 – 13:21
Gulika Kāla	14:38 – 15:54
Varjyam	07:25 – 07:41
Dur Muhūrta	09:22 – 09:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	06:59 – 08:16 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	08:16 – 09:32 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	09:32 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:48 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	12:05 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:21 – 14:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	14:38 – 15:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	15:54 – 17:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	17:10 – 18:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	18:54 – 20:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	20:38 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:21 – 00:05 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	00:05 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:48 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	03:32 – 05:16 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	05:16 – 06:59 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:

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

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

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869324.27
Julian Day	2457789.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0918°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	102.44°

🪷 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 (24.0918°), declination -15.91°, EoT -14.20 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: 2017-02-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)