पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · July 20, 2018 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 7.8 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga

रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः।

प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु।।7.8।।

"7.8 O Arjuna! I am the Fluidity in water, the Light in the sun and in the moon. I am the mystic syllable Om in the Vedic scriptures, the Sound in ether, the Virility in man." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 7.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1425

Malayalam Era: 1194

Nanakshahi: 549

Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)

Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Citrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	93.20°	Karka	Punarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra	185.72°	Tulā	Citrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	281.67°	Makara	Śravaṇa P1
बुध Budha	117.66°	Karka	Aśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	199.25°	Tulā	Svātī P4
शुक्र Śukra	136.63°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani	250.04°	Dhanu	Mūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:32 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:21 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:57 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:45 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	23:28 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 48 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 11 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:34 – 03:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:18 – 04:32
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:27 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:25 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:09 – 19:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:21 – 19:58
Amṛta Kāla	19:06 – 20:51
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:27 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:05 – 11:57
Yamaganda	15:39 – 17:30
Gulika Kāla	06:23 – 08:14
Varjyam	05:09 – 05:33
Dur Muhūrta	08:00 – 08:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	04:32 – 06:23 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	06:23 – 08:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	08:14 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:05 – 11:57 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	11:57 – 13:48 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:48 – 15:39 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	15:39 – 17:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	17:30 – 19:21 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	19:21 – 20:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	20:30 – 21:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	21:39 – 22:48 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:48 – 23:57 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	23:57 – 01:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:05 – 02:14 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	02:14 – 03:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	03:23 – 04:32 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Citrā alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869854.27
Julian Day	2458319.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1121°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	89.65°

🪷 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 (24.1121°), declination 20.70°, EoT -5.99 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: 2018-07-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)