पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 19, 2021 CE

Also observed today

लोहड़ी · LohriRegional
धनु सङ्क्रान्ति · Dhanu SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 3.15 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga

कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं विद्धि ब्रह्माक्षरसमुद्भवम्।

तस्मात्सर्वगतं ब्रह्म नित्यं यज्ञे प्रतिष्ठितम्।।3.15।।

"3.15 All action originates in the Supreme Spirit, which is Imperishable, and in sacrificial action the all-pervading Spirit is consciously present." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 3.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda

Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava

Bengali Saṁvat: 1428

Malayalam Era: 1197

Nanakshahi: 552

Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	243.19°	Dhanu	Mūla P1
चन्द्र Candra	61.56°	Mithuna	Mr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	219.49°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P2
बुध Budha	253.93°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	303.98°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra	272.02°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani	286.45°	Makara	Śravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:14 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:22 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:48 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	16:07 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	07:17 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 07 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 52 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	06:01 – 06:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:29 – 07:14
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:30 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:20 – 13:56
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:10 – 16:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:22 – 16:45
Amṛta Kāla	16:07 – 17:52
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:30 – 00:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:14 – 16:22
Yamaganda	11:48 – 12:57
Gulika Kāla	14:05 – 15:14
Varjyam	07:37 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta	09:22 – 09:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 Udveg	07:14 – 08:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	08:23 – 09:31 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	09:31 – 10:40 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:40 – 11:48 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	11:48 – 12:57 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	12:57 – 14:05 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	14:05 – 15:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	15:14 – 16:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	16:22 – 18:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	18:14 – 20:05 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	20:05 – 21:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	21:57 – 23:48 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	23:48 – 01:40 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:40 – 03:31 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	03:31 – 05:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	05:23 – 07:14 (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 Śukla Pūrṇimā + Mṛgaśīrṣā 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	5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871102.27
Julian Day	2459567.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1598°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	179.15°

🪷 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 (24.1598°), declination -23.41°, EoT 2.32 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: 2021-12-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)