पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 7, 2023 CE

Also observed today

लक्ष्मी जयन्ती · Lakṣmī JayantīVaishnava
कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति · Kumbha SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 16.6 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga

द्वौ भूतसर्गौ लोकेऽस्मिन् दैव आसुर एव च।दैवो विस्तरशः प्रोक्त आसुरं पार्थ मे श्रृणु।।16.6।।

"16.6 All beings are of two classes: Godly and godless. The Godly I have described; I will now describe the other." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 16.6'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 Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	322.02°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra	136.58°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	57.13°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P2
बुध Budha	312.61°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	349.08°	Mīna	Revatī P1
शुक्र Śukra	353.51°	Mīna	Revatī P3
शनि Śani	305.84°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:17 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:47 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:02 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	17:10 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	06:11 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 29 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 30 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:45 – 05:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:20 – 06:17
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:39 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:57 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:35 – 17:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:47 – 18:16
Amṛta Kāla	17:32 – 19:17
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:39 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:55 – 16:21
Yamaganda	09:10 – 10:36
Gulika Kāla	12:02 – 13:29
Varjyam	06:46 – 07:05
Dur Muhūrta	08:58 – 09:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: West

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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):
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 Roga	06:17 – 07:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:44 – 09:10 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:10 – 10:36 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:36 – 12:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:02 – 13:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:29 – 14:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	14:55 – 16:21 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:21 – 17:47 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	17:47 – 19:21 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:21 – 20:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	20:55 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:29 – 00:02 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:02 – 01:36 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:36 – 03:10 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:10 – 04:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:44 – 06:17 (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 Pūrṇimā + Pūrva Phalgunī 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	5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871545.27
Julian Day	2460010.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1768°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	174.35°

🪷 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 (24.1768°), declination -5.44°, EoT -11.77 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: 2023-03-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)