पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · June 10, 2019 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 17.18 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत्।क्रियते तदिह प्रोक्तं राजसं चलमध्रुवम्।।17.18।।

"17.18 Austerity coupled with hypocrisy or performed for the sake of self-glorification, popularity or vanity, comes from Passion, and its result is always doubtful and temporary." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 17.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi

Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri

Bengali Saṁvat: 1426

Malayalam Era: 1195

Nanakshahi: 550

Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	54.79°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
चन्द्र Candra	142.07°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	81.66°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
बुध Budha	74.78°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	235.42°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	36.82°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P4
शनि Śani	265.05°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:15 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:24 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:50 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	11:16 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:02 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	15 Hours 09 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	8 Hours 50 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:14 – 03:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	02:59 – 04:15
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:19 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:21 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:12 – 19:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:24 – 20:02
Amṛta Kāla	19:09 – 20:54
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:19 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	06:09 – 08:02
Yamaganda	09:56 – 11:50
Gulika Kāla	13:43 – 15:37
Varjyam	04:53 – 05:17
Dur Muhūrta	07:47 – 08:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)

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 Amṛta	04:15 – 06:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	06:09 – 08:02 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	08:02 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	09:56 – 11:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	11:50 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:43 – 15:37 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	15:37 – 17:31 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	17:31 – 19:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	19:24 – 20:31 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	20:31 – 21:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	21:37 – 22:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:43 – 23:50 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	23:50 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	00:56 – 02:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	02:02 – 03:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	03:09 – 04:15 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870179.27
Julian Day	2458644.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1245°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	86.47°

🪷 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 (24.1245°), declination 22.97°, EoT 0.81 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: 2019-06-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)