पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 24, 2023 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.32 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता।सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी।।18.32।।

"18.32 And that which, shrouded in Ignorance, thinks wrong right, and sees everything perversely, O Arjuna, that intellect is ruled by Darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala

Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana

Bengali Saṁvat: 1430

Malayalam Era: 1199

Nanakshahi: 554

Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	38.47°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P4
चन्द्र Candra	89.00°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	97.44°	Karka	Puṣya P2
बुध Budha	14.14°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	7.50°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra	83.08°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
शनि Śani	312.61°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:23 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:11 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	07:43 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	22:35 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 48 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 11 Mins 29 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:24 – 03:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:09 – 04:23
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:18 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:15 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:59 – 19:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:11 – 19:48
Amṛta Kāla	18:56 – 20:41
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:18 – 00:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:47 – 13:38
Yamaganda	06:14 – 08:05
Gulika Kāla	09:56 – 11:47
Varjyam	05:00 – 05:24
Dur Muhūrta	07:50 – 08:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	04:23 – 06:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	06:14 – 08:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	08:05 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	09:56 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	11:47 – 13:38 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:38 – 15:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	15:29 – 17:20 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	17:20 – 19:11 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	19:11 – 20:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	20:20 – 21:29 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	21:29 – 22:38 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:38 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	23:47 – 00:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	00:56 – 02:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	02:05 – 03:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	03:14 – 04:23 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pañcamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871623.27
Julian Day	2460088.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1798°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	53.09°

🪷 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 (24.1798°), declination 20.69°, EoT 3.31 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: 2023-05-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)