पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 14, 2025 CE

🪷 आज: होली — Holi (Phālguna Pūrṇimā)
Festival of colors; Holikā-dahana eve.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.19 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
मूढग्राहेणात्मनो यत्पीडया क्रियते तपः।परस्योत्सादनार्थं वा तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।17.19।।
"17.19 Austerity done under delusion, and accompanied with sorcery or torture to oneself or another, may be assumed to spring from Ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya329.51°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra146.75°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala84.26°MithunaPunarvasu P2
बुध Budha345.04°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati49.29°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra343.39°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani328.19°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:05 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:56 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:33 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:05 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 51 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 08 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:30 – 05:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:06 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:44 – 18:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:56 – 18:26
Amṛta Kāla17:41 – 19:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:32 – 12:00
Yamaganda14:58 – 16:27
Gulika Kāla07:34 – 09:03
Varjyam06:35 – 06:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:05 – 07:34 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:34 – 09:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:03 – 10:32 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:32 – 12:00 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:00 – 13:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:29 – 14:58 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:58 – 16:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:27 – 17:56 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:56 – 19:27 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:27 – 20:58 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:58 – 22:29 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:29 – 00:00 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:00 – 01:32 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:32 – 03:03 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:03 – 04:34 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:34 – 06:05 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872283.27
Julian Day2460748.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2050°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)178.56°
🪷 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 (24.2050°), declination -2.50°, EoT -9.94 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: 2025-03-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)