पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 19, 2017 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।

"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1424

Malayalam Era: 1193

Nanakshahi: 548

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	5.09°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra	270.94°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	34.00°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P3
बुध Budha	7.06°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	172.31°	Kanyā	Hasta P4
शुक्र Śukra	332.84°	Mīna	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani	243.40°	Dhanu	Mūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:04 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:35 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:50 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	00:51 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	10:16 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 30 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 29 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:16 – 04:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:57 – 05:04
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:23 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:05 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:23 – 18:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:35 – 19:09
Amṛta Kāla	18:20 – 20:05
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:23 – 00:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:50 – 13:31
Yamaganda	06:46 – 08:27
Gulika Kāla	10:08 – 11:50
Varjyam	05:38 – 06:00
Dur Muhūrta	08:14 – 08:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	05:04 – 06:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	06:46 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	08:27 – 10:08 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:08 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	11:50 – 13:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:31 – 15:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	15:13 – 16:54 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	16:54 – 18:35 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	18:35 – 19:54 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	19:54 – 21:13 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	21:13 – 22:31 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:31 – 23:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	23:50 – 01:08 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:08 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	02:27 – 03:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	03:46 – 05:04 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869397.27
Julian Day	2457862.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0946°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	268.83°

🪷 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 (24.0946°), declination 11.18°, EoT 0.74 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: 2017-04-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)