पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 4, 2017 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.17 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्ितमान्यः स मे प्रियः।।12.17।।

"12.17 He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil fortunes are the same, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1424

Malayalam Era: 1193

Nanakshahi: 548

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Kṛttikā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Taitila
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	319.56°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra	30.48°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	1.31°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
बुध Budha	316.64°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	177.55°	Kanyā	Citrā P2
शुक्र Śukra	348.91°	Mīna	Revatī P1
शनि Śani	242.62°	Dhanu	Mūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:22 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:44 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:03 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	09:32 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:02 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 22 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 37 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:51 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:25 – 06:22
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:40 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:57 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:32 – 17:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:44 – 18:13
Amṛta Kāla	17:29 – 19:14
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:40 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	09:12 – 10:38
Yamaganda	13:28 – 14:54
Gulika Kāla	06:22 – 07:47
Varjyam	06:50 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta	09:01 – 09:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (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 Kāla	06:22 – 07:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	07:47 – 09:12 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	09:12 – 10:38 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:38 – 12:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	12:03 – 13:28 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:28 – 14:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	14:54 – 16:19 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	16:19 – 17:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	17:44 – 19:19 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	19:19 – 20:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	20:54 – 22:28 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:28 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	00:03 – 01:38 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:38 – 03:12 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	03:12 – 04:47 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	04:47 – 06:22 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

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

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869351.27
Julian Day	2457816.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0929°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	69.72°

🪷 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 (24.0929°), declination -6.43°, EoT -12.45 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: 2017-03-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)