पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 18, 2011 CE

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🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.2 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः।

सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः।।18.2।।
"18.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: The sages say that renunciation means forgoing an action which springs from desire; and relinquishing means the surrender of its fruit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya180.30°TulāCitrā P3
चन्द्र Candra65.73°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala112.86°KarkaAśleṣā P2
बुध Budha192.91°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati12.62°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra196.78°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani176.41°KanyāCitrā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:05 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:05 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:22 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:32 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 00 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 59 Mins 19 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:37 – 05:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:10 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:57
Vijaya Muhūrta13:25 – 14:09
Godhūli Muhūrta16:53 – 17:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:05 – 17:33
Amṛta Kāla16:50 – 18:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:57

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:20 – 15:43
Yamaganda08:50 – 10:13
Gulika Kāla11:35 – 12:58
Varjyam06:32 – 06:50
Dur Muhūrta 08:39 – 09:01

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:05 – 07:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:27 – 08:50 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:50 – 10:13 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:13 – 11:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:35 – 12:58 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:58 – 14:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:20 – 15:43 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:43 – 17:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:05 – 18:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:43 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:20 – 21:58 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:58 – 23:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:35 – 01:13 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:13 – 02:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:50 – 04:27 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:27 – 06:05 (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 — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867387.27 · 5112.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455852.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0178° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)249.53° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.0178°) · declination -9.43° · EoT 15.40 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2011-10-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)