पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 16, 2019 CE

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BG 15.7 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga🪷 Mamaivāṁśo Jīva-Bhūtaḥ · The Jīva is My Fragment

ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः।मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति।।15.7।।

"15.7 It is only a very small part of My Eternal Self, which is the life of the universe, drawing round itself the six senses, the mind the last, which have their source in Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 15.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi

Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri

Bengali Saṁvat: 1426

Malayalam Era: 1195

Nanakshahi: 550

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	1.65°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
चन्द्र Candra	134.92°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	46.06°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2
बुध Budha	334.14°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	240.16°	Dhanu	Mūla P1
शुक्र Śukra	330.03°	Mīna	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani	266.15°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:10 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:31 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:51 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	14:11 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	03:16 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 21 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 38 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:23 – 04:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:03 – 05:10
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:24 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:04 – 14:58
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:19 – 18:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:31 – 19:05
Amṛta Kāla	18:16 – 20:01
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:24 – 00:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:11 – 16:51
Yamaganda	08:30 – 10:10
Gulika Kāla	11:51 – 13:31
Varjyam	05:43 – 06:04
Dur Muhūrta	08:17 – 08:43

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: West

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	05:10 – 06:50 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	06:50 – 08:30 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	08:30 – 10:10 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:10 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	11:51 – 13:31 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:31 – 15:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	15:11 – 16:51 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:51 – 18:31 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	18:31 – 19:51 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:51 – 21:11 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	21:11 – 22:31 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:31 – 23:51 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	23:51 – 01:10 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:10 – 02:30 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	02:30 – 03:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	03:50 – 05:10 (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 Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870124.27
Julian Day	2458589.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1224°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	135.62°

🪷 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 (24.1224°), declination 9.96°, EoT 0.02 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: 2019-04-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)