पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 3, 2017 CE

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वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 14.22 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

श्री भगवानुवाचप्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव।न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति।।14.22।।

"14.22 Lord Shri Krishna replied: O Prince! He who shuns not the Quality which is present, and longs not for that which is absent;" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 14.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla 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)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	18.72°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra	107.75°	Karka	Aśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	43.66°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2
बुध Budha	359.98°	Mīna	Revatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	170.73°	Kanyā	Hasta P4
शुक्र Śukra	337.89°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani	242.96°	Dhanu	Mūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:44 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:50 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	10:35 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:52 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 06 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 53 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:51 – 03:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:34 – 04:44
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:19 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:08 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:38 – 19:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:50 – 19:26
Amṛta Kāla	18:35 – 20:20
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:19 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:47 – 13:33
Yamaganda	06:30 – 08:16
Gulika Kāla	10:02 – 11:47
Varjyam	05:19 – 05:42
Dur Muhūrta	08:02 – 08:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	04:44 – 06:30 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	06:30 – 08:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	08:16 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:02 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	11:47 – 13:33 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:33 – 15:19 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	15:19 – 17:05 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	17:05 – 18:50 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	18:50 – 20:05 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	20:05 – 21:19 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	21:19 – 22:33 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:33 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	23:47 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:02 – 02:16 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	02:16 – 03:30 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	03:30 – 04:44 (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 Śukla Aṣṭamī + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869411.27
Julian Day	2457876.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0952°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	85.95°

🪷 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 (24.0952°), declination 15.68°, EoT 3.15 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: 2017-05-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)