पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 23, 2025 CE

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पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 15.13 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga

गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयाम्यहमोजसा।पुष्णामि चौषधीः सर्वाः सोमो भूत्वा रसात्मकः।।15.13।।

"15.13 1 enter this world and animate all My creatures with My vitality; and by My cool moonbeams I nourish the plants." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 15.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta

Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu

Bengali Saṁvat: 1432

Malayalam Era: 1201

Nanakshahi: 556

Solar Month: Makara (Tai)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Viśākhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)	Gara
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	279.07°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra	201.86°	Tulā	Viśākhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	88.93°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P3
बुध Budha	267.40°	Dhanu	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	47.29°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra	325.25°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani	322.38°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:11 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:54 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:02 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	01:52 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:55 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 42 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 17 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:53 – 06:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:23 – 07:11
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:43 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:39 – 14:18
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:42 – 17:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:54 – 17:18
Amṛta Kāla	16:39 – 18:24
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:43 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	13:15 – 14:28
Yamaganda	07:11 – 08:24
Gulika Kāla	09:37 – 10:50
Varjyam	07:35 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta	09:27 – 09:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	07:11 – 08:24 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	08:24 – 09:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	09:37 – 10:50 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	10:50 – 12:02 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	12:02 – 13:15 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	13:15 – 14:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	14:28 – 15:41 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	15:41 – 16:54 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	16:54 – 18:41 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	18:41 – 20:28 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	20:28 – 22:15 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	22:15 – 00:02 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	00:02 – 01:50 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	01:50 – 03:37 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	03:37 – 05:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	05:24 – 07:11 (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 Kṛṣṇa Navamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1872233.27
Julian Day	2460698.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2031°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	283.65°

🪷 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 (24.2031°), declination -19.42°, EoT -11.81 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: 2025-01-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)