पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 16, 2020 CE

Also observed today

कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति · Kumbha SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 4.1 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga

श्री भगवानुवाच

इमं विवस्वते योगं प्रोक्तवानहमव्ययम्।

विवस्वान् मनवे प्राह मनुरिक्ष्वाकवेऽब्रवीत्।।4.1।।

"4.1 "Lord Shri Krishna said: This imperishable philosophy I taught to Viwaswana, the founder of the Sun dynasty, Viwaswana gave it to Manu the lawgiver, and Manu to King Ikshwaku!" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 4.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī

Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1427

Malayalam Era: 1196

Nanakshahi: 551

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	302.68°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra	214.06°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	245.32°	Dhanu	Mūla P2
बुध Budha	318.44°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	262.72°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	345.17°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani	272.55°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:47 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:24 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:05 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	01:22 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	10:59 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 37 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 22 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:22 – 06:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:53 – 06:47
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:44 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:51 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:12 – 17:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:24 – 17:50
Amṛta Kāla	17:09 – 18:54
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:44 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:04 – 17:24
Yamaganda	12:05 – 13:25
Gulika Kāla	14:44 – 16:04
Varjyam	07:13 – 07:30
Dur Muhūrta	09:15 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: North-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	06:47 – 08:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	08:06 – 09:26 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	09:26 – 10:45 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:45 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	12:05 – 13:25 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:25 – 14:44 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	14:44 – 16:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	16:04 – 17:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	17:24 – 19:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	19:04 – 20:44 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	20:44 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:25 – 00:05 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	00:05 – 01:45 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:45 – 03:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	03:26 – 05:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	05:06 – 06:47 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870430.27
Julian Day	2458895.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1341°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	268.29°

🪷 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 (24.1341°), declination -12.57°, EoT -14.54 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: 2020-02-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)