पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 8, 2019 CE

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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 16.9 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga

एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः।प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः।।16.9।।

"16.9 Thinking thus, these degraded souls, these enemies of mankind - whose intelligence is negligible and whose deeds are monstrous - come into the world only to destroy." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 16.9'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 Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)	Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	23.06°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra	61.20°	Mithuna	Mr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	60.41°	Mithuna	Mr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha	7.81°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	239.07°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra	356.69°	Mīna	Revatī P4
शनि Śani	266.26°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:39 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:55 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	06:45 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	21:54 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 16 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 43 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:44 – 03:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:27 – 04:39
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:18 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:10 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:43 – 19:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:55 – 19:31
Amṛta Kāla	18:40 – 20:25
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:18 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:47 – 13:34
Yamaganda	06:26 – 08:13
Gulika Kāla	10:00 – 11:47
Varjyam	05:14 – 05:37
Dur Muhūrta	07:58 – 08:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	04:39 – 06:26 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	06:26 – 08:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	08:13 – 10:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:00 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	11:47 – 13:34 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:34 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	15:21 – 17:08 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	17:08 – 18:55 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	18:55 – 20:08 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	20:08 – 21:21 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	21:21 – 22:34 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:34 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	23:47 – 01:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:00 – 02:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	02:13 – 03:26 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	03:26 – 04:39 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870146.27
Julian Day	2458611.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1233°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	38.10°

🪷 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 (24.1233°), declination 16.96°, EoT 3.58 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: 2019-05-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)