पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · June 17, 2017 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 16.20 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga

आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि।

मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम्।।16.20।।

"16.20 So reborn, they spend life after life, enveloped in delusion. And they never reach Me, O Prince, but degenerate into still lower forms of life." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 16.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1424

Malayalam Era: 1193

Nanakshahi: 548

Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	61.97°	Mithuna	Mr̥gaśirā P3
चन्द्र Candra	326.67°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	73.86°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P3
बुध Budha	56.04°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	168.82°	Kanyā	Hasta P3
शुक्र Śukra	16.46°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P1
शनि Śani	240.13°	Dhanu	Mūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:15 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:28 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:51 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	23:40 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:20 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	15 Hours 13 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	8 Hours 46 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:13 – 03:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	02:59 – 04:15
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:21 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:23 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:16 – 19:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:28 – 20:06
Amṛta Kāla	19:13 – 20:58
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:21 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:03 – 09:57
Yamaganda	13:45 – 15:39
Gulika Kāla	04:15 – 06:09
Varjyam	04:53 – 05:17
Dur Muhūrta	07:48 – 08:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	04:15 – 06:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	06:09 – 08:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	08:03 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	09:57 – 11:51 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	11:51 – 13:45 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:45 – 15:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	15:39 – 17:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	17:34 – 19:28 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	19:28 – 20:34 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	20:34 – 21:39 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	21:39 – 22:45 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:45 – 23:51 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	23:51 – 00:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	00:57 – 02:03 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	02:03 – 03:09 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	03:09 – 04:15 (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 Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Bhādrapadā 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)	1869456.27
Julian Day	2457921.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0969°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	268.47°

🪷 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 (24.0969°), declination 23.38°, EoT -0.61 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: 2017-06-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)