पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 25, 2018 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 4.9 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga

जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः।

त्यक्त्वा देहं पुनर्जन्म नैति मामेति सोऽर्जुन।।4.9।।

"4.9 He who realises the divine truth concerning My birth and life is not born again; and when he leaves his body, he becomes one with Me." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 4.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1425

Malayalam Era: 1194

Nanakshahi: 549

Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Ārdrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	340.24°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra	75.35°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	249.80°	Dhanu	Mūla P3
बुध Budha	352.46°	Mīna	Revatī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	208.53°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	358.06°	Mīna	Revatī P4
शनि Śani	254.43°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:46 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:08 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:57 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	10:44 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	01:51 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 21 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 38 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:08 – 04:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:45 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:32 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:01 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:56 – 18:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:08 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla	17:53 – 19:38
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:32 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:35 – 18:08
Yamaganda	11:57 – 13:30
Gulika Kāla	15:02 – 16:35
Varjyam	06:17 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta	08:39 – 09:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	05:46 – 07:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	07:19 – 08:52 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	08:52 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:24 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	11:57 – 13:30 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:30 – 15:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	15:02 – 16:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	16:35 – 18:08 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	18:08 – 19:35 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	19:35 – 21:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	21:02 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:30 – 23:57 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	23:57 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:24 – 02:52 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	02:52 – 04:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	04:19 – 05:46 (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 Aṣṭamī + Ārdrā alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869737.27
Julian Day	2458202.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1076°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	95.90°

🪷 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 (24.1076°), declination 1.73°, EoT -6.58 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: 2018-03-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)