पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · April 23, 2026 CE

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वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional
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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 8.8 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga

अभ्यासयोगयुक्तेन चेतसा नान्यगामिना।

परमं पुरुषं दिव्यं याति पार्थानुचिन्तयन्।।8.8।।

"8.8 He whose mind does not wander, and who is engaged in constant meditation, attains the Supreme Spirit." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 8.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī

Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava

Bengali Saṁvat: 1433

Malayalam Era: 1202

Nanakshahi: 557

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)	Gara
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	8.69°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra	84.92°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	345.62°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha	347.33°	Mīna	Revatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	83.48°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra	34.07°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P3
शनि Śani	344.09°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:58 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:39 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:49 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	09:25 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:23 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 40 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 19 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:09 – 04:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:50 – 04:58
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:22 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:06 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:27 – 18:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:39 – 19:14
Amṛta Kāla	18:24 – 20:09
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:22 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	13:32 – 15:14
Yamaganda	04:58 – 06:41
Gulika Kāla	08:24 – 10:06
Varjyam	05:33 – 05:55
Dur Muhūrta	08:10 – 08:37

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	04:58 – 06:41 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	06:41 – 08:24 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	08:24 – 10:06 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	10:06 – 11:49 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	11:49 – 13:32 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	13:32 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	15:14 – 16:57 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	16:57 – 18:39 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	18:39 – 19:57 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	19:57 – 21:14 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	21:14 – 22:32 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	22:32 – 23:49 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	23:49 – 01:06 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	01:06 – 02:24 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	02:24 – 03:41 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	03:41 – 04:58 (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 Śukla Saptamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1872688.27
Julian Day	2461153.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2205°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	73.23°

🪷 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 (24.2205°), declination 12.48°, EoT 1.60 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: 2026-04-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)