पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 1, 2022 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.12 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते।ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम्।।12.12।।

"12.12 Knowledge is superior to blind action, meditation to mere knowledge, renunciation of the fruit of action to meditation, and where there is renunciation peace will follow." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt

Bengali Saṁvat: 1429

Malayalam Era: 1198

Nanakshahi: 553

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	224.64°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4
चन्द्र Candra	320.18°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	54.36°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
बुध Budha	236.66°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	334.71°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra	234.08°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani	295.76°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:59 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:22 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:40 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:22 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	23:43 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 22 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 37 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:44 – 06:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:12 – 06:59
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:22 – 11:59
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:14 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:10 – 16:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:22 – 16:45
Amṛta Kāla	16:07 – 17:52
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:22 – 23:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	12:51 – 14:01
Yamaganda	06:59 – 08:09
Gulika Kāla	09:20 – 10:30
Varjyam	07:23 – 07:38
Dur Muhūrta	09:10 – 09:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	06:59 – 08:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	08:09 – 09:20 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	09:20 – 10:30 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	10:30 – 11:40 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	11:40 – 12:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	12:51 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	14:01 – 15:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	15:11 – 16:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	16:22 – 18:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	18:11 – 20:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	20:01 – 21:51 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	21:51 – 23:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	23:40 – 01:30 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	01:30 – 03:20 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	03:20 – 05:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	05:09 – 06:59 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Bṛhaspati Walk (गुरु यात्रा)

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Śatabhiṣā alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871449.27
Julian Day	2459914.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1731°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	93.07°

🪷 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 (24.1731°), declination -21.77°, EoT 10.13 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: 2022-12-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)