पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 20, 2027 CE

Also observed today

लक्ष्मी जयन्ती · Lakṣmī JayantīVaishnava
कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति · Kumbha SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 17.26 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

सद्भावे साधुभावे च सदित्येतत्प्रयुज्यते।प्रशस्ते कर्मणि तथा सच्छब्दः पार्थ युज्यते।।17.26।।

"17.26 Sat' means Reality or the highest Good, and also, O Arjuna, it is used to mean an action of exceptional merit." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 17.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra

Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga

Bengali Saṁvat: 1434

Malayalam Era: 1203

Nanakshahi: 558

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	306.93°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra	114.08°	Karka	Aśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	125.97°	Siṃha	Maghā P2
बुध Budha	303.69°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	116.40°	Karka	Aśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra	264.45°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani	347.93°	Mīna	Revatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:41 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:29 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:05 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	16:13 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	06:14 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 48 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 11 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:14 – 05:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:47 – 06:41
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:43 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:53 – 14:36
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:17 – 17:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:29 – 17:56
Amṛta Kāla	17:14 – 18:59
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:43 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	09:23 – 10:44
Yamaganda	13:26 – 14:47
Gulika Kāla	06:41 – 08:02
Varjyam	07:08 – 07:25
Dur Muhūrta	09:12 – 09:33

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	06:41 – 08:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	08:02 – 09:23 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	09:23 – 10:44 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:44 – 12:05 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	12:05 – 13:26 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:26 – 14:47 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	14:47 – 16:08 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	16:08 – 17:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	17:29 – 19:08 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	19:08 – 20:47 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	20:47 – 22:26 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:26 – 00:05 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	00:05 – 01:44 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:44 – 03:23 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	03:23 – 05:02 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	05:02 – 06:41 (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 Śukla Pūrṇimā + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1872991.27
Julian Day	2461456.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2321°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	168.65°

🪷 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 (24.2321°), declination -11.06°, EoT -14.28 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: 2027-02-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)