पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 25, 2018 CE

Also observed today

रास पूर्णिमा · Rāsa Pūrṇimā (Vraja Mahā-Rāsa)Vaishnava
महर्षि वाल्मीकि जयन्ती · Mahārṣi Vālmīki JayantīPan-Hindu
कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 9.17 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga🪷 Pitāham Asya Jagato · Krishna IS the Mother

पिताऽहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः।

वेद्यं पवित्रमोंकार ऋक् साम यजुरेव च।।9.17।।

"9.17 I am the Father of the universe and its Mother; I am its Nourisher and its Grandfather; I am the Knowable and the Pure; I am Om; and I am the Sacred Scriptures." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 9.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1425

Malayalam Era: 1194

Nanakshahi: 549

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	157.82°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra	336.81°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	279.38°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha	160.75°	Kanyā	Hasta P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	206.79°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	194.50°	Tulā	Svātī P3
शनि Śani	248.60°	Dhanu	Mūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:40 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:43 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:41 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	17:33 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	05:42 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 03 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 56 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:03 – 04:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:39 – 05:40
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:17 – 12:05
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:42 – 14:30
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:31 – 17:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:43 – 18:13
Amṛta Kāla	17:28 – 19:13
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:17 – 00:05

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:42 – 16:13
Yamaganda	08:41 – 10:11
Gulika Kāla	11:41 – 13:12
Varjyam	06:10 – 06:29
Dur Muhūrta	08:28 – 08:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	05:40 – 07:10 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:10 – 08:41 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	08:41 – 10:11 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:11 – 11:41 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	11:41 – 13:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:12 – 14:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	14:42 – 16:13 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:13 – 17:43 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	17:43 – 19:13 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:13 – 20:42 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	20:42 – 22:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:12 – 23:41 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	23:41 – 01:11 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:11 – 02:41 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	02:41 – 04:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:10 – 05:40 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869921.27
Julian Day	2458386.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1147°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	178.98°

🪷 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 (24.1147°), declination -0.77°, EoT 9.15 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: 2018-09-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)