पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 28, 2026 CE

Also observed today

सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी · Saṅkaṣṭī CaturthīPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 14.13 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च।तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन।।14.13।।

"14.13 Darkness, stagnation, folly and infatuation are the result of the dominance of Ignorance, O joy of the Kuru-clan!" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 14.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī

Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava

Bengali Saṁvat: 1433

Malayalam Era: 1202

Nanakshahi: 557

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	221.58°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P3
चन्द्र Candra	89.45°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	126.21°	Siṃha	Maghā P2
बुध Budha	203.14°	Tulā	Viśākhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	122.21°	Siṃha	Maghā P1
शुक्र Śukra	181.84°	Tulā	Citrā P3
शनि Śani	343.91°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:56 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:23 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:39 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	19:25 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	10:16 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 26 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 33 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:40 – 06:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:09 – 06:56
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:20 – 11:58
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:14 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:11 – 16:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:23 – 16:46
Amṛta Kāla	16:08 – 17:53
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:20 – 23:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	09:18 – 10:28
Yamaganda	12:50 – 14:01
Gulika Kāla	06:56 – 08:07
Varjyam	07:20 – 07:35
Dur Muhūrta	09:08 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	06:56 – 08:07 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	08:07 – 09:18 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	09:18 – 10:28 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:28 – 11:39 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	11:39 – 12:50 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	12:50 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	14:01 – 15:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	15:12 – 16:23 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	16:23 – 18:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	18:12 – 20:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	20:01 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	21:50 – 23:39 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	23:39 – 01:28 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:28 – 03:18 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	03:18 – 05:07 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	05:07 – 06:56 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Caturthī + 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)	1872907.27
Julian Day	2461372.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2289°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	224.64°

🪷 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 (24.2289°), declination -21.27°, EoT 11.22 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: 2026-11-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)