पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 15, 2025 CE

🪷 आज: उत्पन्ना एकादशी — Utpannā Ekādaśī
Birth-day of Ekādaśī Devī herself; first Ekādaśī observed historically.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.40 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते।

एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्।।3.40।।
"3.40 It works through the senses, the mind and the reason; and with their help destroys wisdom and confounds the soul." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya208.71°TulāViśākhā P3
चन्द्र Candra151.35°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala223.00°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha220.29°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati90.79°KarkaPunarvasu P4
शुक्र Śukra195.60°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani331.17°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:41 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:31 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:36 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:37 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:56 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 50 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 09 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:22 – 06:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:51 – 06:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:53
Godhūli Muhūrta16:19 – 16:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:31 – 16:55
Amṛta Kāla16:16 – 18:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 23:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:08 – 10:22
Yamaganda12:49 – 14:03
Gulika Kāla06:41 – 07:54
Varjyam07:05 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta 08:58 – 09:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:41 – 07:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:54 – 09:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:08 – 10:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:22 – 11:36 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:36 – 12:49 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:49 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:03 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:17 – 16:31 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:31 – 18:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:17 – 20:03 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:03 – 21:49 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:49 – 23:36 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:36 – 01:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:22 – 03:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:08 – 04:54 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:54 – 06:41 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872529.27
Julian Day2460994.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2144°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)300.20°
🪷 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 (24.2144°), declination -18.50°, EoT 14.88 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: 2025-11-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)