पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 10, 2018 CE

Also observed today

कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति · Kumbha SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 3.37 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga

श्री भगवानुवाच

काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः।

महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्।।3.37।।

"3.37 Lord Shri Krishna: It is desire, it is aversion, born of passion. Desire consumes and corrupts everything. It is man's greatest enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 3.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1425

Malayalam Era: 1194

Nanakshahi: 549

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	325.31°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra	241.60°	Dhanu	Mūla P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	241.19°	Dhanu	Mūla P1
बुध Budha	341.78°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	208.92°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	339.47°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani	253.68°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:12 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:51 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:02 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	01:54 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	10:59 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 38 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 21 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:39 – 05:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:14 – 06:12
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:38 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:58 – 14:45
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:39 – 18:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:51 – 18:20
Amṛta Kāla	17:36 – 19:21
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:38 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	09:07 – 10:34
Yamaganda	13:29 – 14:56
Gulika Kāla	06:12 – 07:39
Varjyam	06:41 – 07:00
Dur Muhūrta	08:55 – 09:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	06:12 – 07:39 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	07:39 – 09:07 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	09:07 – 10:34 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:34 – 12:02 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	12:02 – 13:29 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:29 – 14:56 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	14:56 – 16:24 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	16:24 – 17:51 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	17:51 – 19:24 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	19:24 – 20:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	20:56 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:29 – 00:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	00:02 – 01:34 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:34 – 03:07 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	03:07 – 04:39 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	04:39 – 06:12 (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 + Mūla 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)	1869722.27
Julian Day	2458187.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1071°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	275.01°

🪷 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 (24.1071°), declination -4.19°, EoT -11.02 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: 2018-03-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)