पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 28, 2023 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 15.19 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga

यो मामेवमसम्मूढो जानाति पुरुषोत्तमम्।स सर्वविद्भजति मां सर्वभावेन भारत।।15.19।।

"15.19 He who with unclouded vision sees Me as the Lord-God, knows all there is to be known, and always shall worship Me with his whole heart." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 15.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala

Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana

Bengali Saṁvat: 1430

Malayalam Era: 1199

Nanakshahi: 554

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Rohiṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	315.01°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra	52.86°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	54.27°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
बुध Budha	300.67°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	347.50°	Mīna	Revatī P1
शुक्र Śukra	344.97°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani	305.01°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:29 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:39 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:04 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	11:03 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	02:07 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 10 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 49 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:59 – 05:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:33 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:41 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:55 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:27 – 17:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:39 – 18:07
Amṛta Kāla	17:24 – 19:09
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:41 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:51 – 16:15
Yamaganda	09:16 – 10:40
Gulika Kāla	12:04 – 13:28
Varjyam	06:57 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta	09:05 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	06:29 – 07:52 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:52 – 09:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:16 – 10:40 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:40 – 12:04 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:04 – 13:28 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:28 – 14:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	14:51 – 16:15 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:15 – 17:39 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	17:39 – 19:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:15 – 20:51 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	20:51 – 22:28 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:28 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:04 – 01:40 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:40 – 03:16 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:16 – 04:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:52 – 06:29 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

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

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871538.27
Julian Day	2460003.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1765°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	95.42°

🪷 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 (24.1765°), declination -8.13°, EoT -13.22 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: 2023-02-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)