पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 12, 2017 CE

Also observed today

लक्ष्मी जयन्ती · Lakṣmī JayantīVaishnava
कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति · Kumbha SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 13.5 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga

ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक्।ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैश्चैव हेतुमद्भिर्विनिश्िचतैः।।13.5।।

"13.5 Seers have sung of It in various ways, in many hymns and sacred Vedic songs, weighty in thought and convincing in argument." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 13.5'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 Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	327.56°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra	140.67°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	7.11°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
बुध Budha	331.96°	Mīna	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	176.85°	Kanyā	Citrā P2
शुक्र Śukra	347.69°	Mīna	Revatī P1
शनि Śani	243.00°	Dhanu	Mūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:08 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:54 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:01 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	17:09 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	05:58 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 45 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 14 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:34 – 05:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:10 – 06:08
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:38 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:59 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:42 – 18:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:54 – 18:23
Amṛta Kāla	17:39 – 19:24
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:38 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:25 – 17:54
Yamaganda	12:01 – 13:29
Gulika Kāla	14:57 – 16:25
Varjyam	06:38 – 06:57
Dur Muhūrta	08:53 – 09:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	06:08 – 07:37 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	07:37 – 09:05 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	09:05 – 10:33 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:33 – 12:01 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	12:01 – 13:29 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:29 – 14:57 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	14:57 – 16:25 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	16:25 – 17:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	17:54 – 19:25 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	19:25 – 20:57 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	20:57 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:29 – 00:01 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	00:01 – 01:33 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:33 – 03:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	03:05 – 04:37 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	04:37 – 06:08 (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 Pūrṇimā + Pūrva Phalgunī 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)	1869359.27
Julian Day	2457824.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0932°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	174.72°

🪷 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 (24.0932°), declination -3.31°, EoT -10.49 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: 2017-03-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)