पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 14, 2025 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 3.8 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga

नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः।

शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः।।3.8।।

"3.8 Do thy duty as prescribed, for action for duty's sake is superior to inaction. Even the maintenance of the body would be impossible if man remained inactive." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 3.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta

Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu

Bengali Saṁvat: 1432

Malayalam Era: 1201

Nanakshahi: 556

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	176.74°	Kanyā	Citrā P2
चन्द्र Candra	90.29°	Karka	Punarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	200.26°	Tulā	Viśākhā P1
बुध Budha	196.11°	Tulā	Svātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	89.51°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P3
शुक्र Śukra	155.65°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani	332.68°	Mīna	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:01 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:11 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:36 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	22:25 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	13:15 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 09 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 50 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:32 – 05:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:05 – 06:01
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:14 – 11:58
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:28 – 14:12
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:59 – 17:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:11 – 17:39
Amṛta Kāla	16:56 – 18:41
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:14 – 23:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:23 – 15:47
Yamaganda	08:48 – 10:12
Gulika Kāla	11:36 – 13:00
Varjyam	06:29 – 06:47
Dur Muhūrta	08:37 – 09:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

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 · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	06:01 – 07:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:25 – 08:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	08:48 – 10:12 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:12 – 11:36 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	11:36 – 13:00 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:00 – 14:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	14:23 – 15:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	15:47 – 17:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	17:11 – 18:47 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	18:47 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	20:23 – 22:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:00 – 23:36 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	23:36 – 01:12 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:12 – 02:48 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	02:48 – 04:25 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:25 – 06:01 (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 Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1872497.27
Julian Day	2460962.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2132°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	270.55°

🪷 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 (24.2132°), declination -8.18°, EoT 14.65 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: 2025-10-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)