पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 9, 2031 CE

Also observed today

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

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.74 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

सञ्जय उवाचइत्यहं वासुदेवस्य पार्थस्य च महात्मनः।संवादमिममश्रौषमद्भुतं रोमहर्षणम्।।18.74।।

"18.74 Sanjaya told: "Thus have I heard this rare, wonderful and soul-stirring discourse of the Lord Shri Krishna and the great-souled Arjuna." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.74's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2088 Raktākṣī

Śaka Saṁvat: 1953 Virodhakṛt

Bengali Saṁvat: 1438

Malayalam Era: 1207

Nanakshahi: 562

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	323.97°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra	142.17°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	204.65°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2
बुध Budha	337.76°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	242.63°	Dhanu	Mūla P1
शुक्र Śukra	356.34°	Mīna	Revatī P3
शनि Śani	38.69°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P4

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)	17:32 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	06:17 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 35 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 24 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:41 – 05:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:16 – 06:14
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:39 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:58 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:38 – 18:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:50 – 18:19
Amṛta Kāla	17:35 – 19:20
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:39 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:23 – 17:50
Yamaganda	12:02 – 13:29
Gulika Kāla	14:56 – 16:23
Varjyam	06:43 – 07:02
Dur Muhūrta	08:56 – 09:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	06:14 – 07:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	07:41 – 09:08 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	09:08 – 10:35 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:35 – 12:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	12:02 – 13:29 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:29 – 14:56 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	14:56 – 16:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	16:23 – 17:50 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	17:50 – 19:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	19:23 – 20:56 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	20:56 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:29 – 00:02 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	00:02 – 01:35 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:35 – 03:08 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	03:08 – 04:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	04:41 – 06:14 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Pūrva Phalgunī 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	5132
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1874469.27
Julian Day	2462934.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2886°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	177.40°

🪷 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 (24.2886°), declination -4.64°, 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: 2031-03-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)