पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 9, 2027 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.15 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नरः।न्याय्यं वा विपरीतं वा पञ्चैते तस्य हेतवः।।18.15।।
"18.15 Whatever action a man performs, whether by muscular effort or by speech or by thought, and whether it be right or wrong, these five are the essential causes." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.15'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 Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya324.00°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra331.43°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala119.82°KarkaAśleṣā P4
बुध Budha297.83°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati114.41°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra284.63°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani349.83°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:14 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:50 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:35 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:28 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:41 – 05:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:16 – 06:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta17:38 – 18:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:50 – 18:19
Amṛta Kāla17:35 – 19:20
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:56 – 16:23
Yamaganda09:08 – 10:35
Gulika Kāla12:02 – 13:29
Varjyam06:43 – 07:02
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:14 – 07:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:41 – 09:08 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:08 – 10:35 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:35 – 12:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:02 – 13:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:29 – 14:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:56 – 16:23 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:23 – 17:50 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:50 – 19:23 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:23 – 20:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:56 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:29 – 00:02 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:02 – 01:35 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:35 – 03:08 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:08 – 04:41 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:41 – 06:14 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873008.27
Julian Day2461473.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2327°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)7.60°
🪷 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 (24.2327°), declination -4.65°, EoT -11.28 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: 2027-03-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)