पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 20, 2035 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 8.1 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga

अर्जुन उवाच

किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम।

अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते।।8.1।।

"8.1 "Arjuna asked: O Lord of Lords! What is that which men call the Supreme Spirit, what is man's Spiritual Nature, and what is the Law? What is Matter and what is Divinity?" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 8.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2092 Vibhava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1957 Rākṣasa

Bengali Saṁvat: 1442

Malayalam Era: 1211

Nanakshahi: 566

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)	Taitila
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	213.18°	Vṛścika	Viśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra	94.69°	Karka	Puṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	330.27°	Mīna	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha	217.19°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	18.97°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra	239.03°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani	114.37°	Karka	Aśleṣā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:46 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:27 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:37 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	20:22 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:04 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 40 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 19 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:29 – 06:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:58 – 06:46
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:17 – 11:56
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:14 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:15 – 16:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:27 – 16:52
Amṛta Kāla	16:12 – 17:57
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:17 – 23:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:02 – 15:15
Yamaganda	09:12 – 10:24
Gulika Kāla	11:37 – 12:49
Varjyam	07:11 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta	09:02 – 09:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

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 · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	06:46 – 07:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:59 – 09:12 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:12 – 10:24 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:24 – 11:37 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	11:37 – 12:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	12:49 – 14:02 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	14:02 – 15:15 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	15:15 – 16:27 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	16:27 – 18:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	18:15 – 20:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	20:02 – 21:49 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	21:49 – 23:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	23:37 – 01:24 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:24 – 03:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:12 – 04:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:59 – 06:46 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5137
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1876186.27
Julian Day	2464651.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.3543°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	238.35°

🪷 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 (24.3543°), declination -19.61°, EoT 13.70 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: 2035-11-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)