पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 11, 2023 CE

Also observed today

प्रदोष व्रत · Pradoṣa VrataShaiva

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 3.36 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga

अर्जुन उवाच

अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः।

अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।

"3.36 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Tell me, what is it that drives a man to sin, even against his will and as if by compulsion?" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 3.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala

Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana

Bengali Saṁvat: 1430

Malayalam Era: 1199

Nanakshahi: 554

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)	Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	234.53°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra	210.30°	Vṛścika	Viśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	227.47°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha	253.72°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	12.10°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra	192.87°	Tulā	Svātī P2
शनि Śani	307.57°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:09 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:20 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:45 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	05:16 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	15:00 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 11 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 48 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:55 – 06:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:23 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:26 – 12:03
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:17 – 13:53
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:08 – 16:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:20 – 16:43
Amṛta Kāla	16:05 – 17:50
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:26 – 00:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:18 – 09:27
Yamaganda	10:36 – 11:45
Gulika Kāla	12:54 – 14:03
Varjyam	07:32 – 07:46
Dur Muhūrta	09:17 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: North-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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 · 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 · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	07:09 – 08:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	08:18 – 09:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	09:27 – 10:36 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:36 – 11:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	11:45 – 12:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	12:54 – 14:03 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	14:03 – 15:11 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	15:11 – 16:20 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	16:20 – 18:11 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	18:11 – 20:03 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	20:03 – 21:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	21:54 – 23:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	23:45 – 01:36 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:36 – 03:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	03:27 – 05:18 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	05:18 – 07:09 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871824.27
Julian Day	2460289.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1875°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	335.09°

🪷 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 (24.1875°), declination -22.96°, EoT 5.99 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: 2023-12-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)