पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 18, 2034 CE

Also observed today

धनु सङ्क्रान्ति · Dhanu SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.52 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः।ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः।।18.52।।

"18.52 Enjoying solitude, abstemiousness, his body, mind and speech under perfect control, absorbed in meditation, he becomes free - always filled with the spirit of renunciation." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.52's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2091 Prabhava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1956 Ānanda

Bengali Saṁvat: 1441

Malayalam Era: 1210

Nanakshahi: 565

Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	241.83°	Dhanu	Mūla P1
चन्द्र Candra	323.34°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	199.17°	Tulā	Svātī P4
बुध Budha	249.91°	Dhanu	Mūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	339.65°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra	195.25°	Tulā	Svātī P3
शनि Śani	99.77°	Karka	Puṣya P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:14 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:22 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:48 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	11:28 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	22:59 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 08 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 51 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	06:01 – 06:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:28 – 07:14
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:29 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:19 – 13:56
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:10 – 16:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:22 – 16:45
Amṛta Kāla	16:07 – 17:52
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:29 – 00:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:22 – 09:31
Yamaganda	10:39 – 11:48
Gulika Kāla	12:56 – 14:05
Varjyam	07:37 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta	09:22 – 09:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	07:14 – 08:22 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	08:22 – 09:31 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	09:31 – 10:39 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:39 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	11:48 – 12:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	12:56 – 14:05 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	14:05 – 15:13 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	15:13 – 16:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	16:22 – 18:13 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	18:13 – 20:05 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	20:05 – 21:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	21:56 – 23:48 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	23:48 – 01:39 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:39 – 03:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	03:31 – 05:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	05:22 – 07:14 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5136
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1875849.27
Julian Day	2464314.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.3414°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	85.19°

🪷 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 (24.3414°), declination -23.38°, EoT 2.79 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: 2034-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)