पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 24, 2011 CE

Also observed today

मासिक शिवरात्रि · Māsika ŚivarātriShaiva

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.39 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः।निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।18.39।।

"18.39 While the pleasure which from first to last merely drugs the senses, which springs from indolence, lethargy and folly - that pleasure flows from Ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.39's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi

Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara

Bengali Saṁvat: 1418

Malayalam Era: 1187

Nanakshahi: 542

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Viśākhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)	Śakuni
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	217.37°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P2
चन्द्र Candra	200.33°	Tulā	Viśākhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	132.01°	Siṃha	Maghā P4
बुध Budha	236.15°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	7.90°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra	242.74°	Dhanu	Mūla P1
शनि Śani	180.71°	Tulā	Citrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:51 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:25 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:38 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	05:27 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	15:33 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 33 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 26 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:34 – 06:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:03 – 06:51
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:19 – 11:57
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:14 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:13 – 16:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:25 – 16:49
Amṛta Kāla	16:10 – 17:55
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:19 – 23:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	12:50 – 14:01
Yamaganda	06:51 – 08:03
Gulika Kāla	09:14 – 10:26
Varjyam	07:15 – 07:30
Dur Muhūrta	09:05 – 09:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)

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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	06:51 – 08:03 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	08:03 – 09:14 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	09:14 – 10:26 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	10:26 – 11:38 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	11:38 – 12:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	12:50 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	14:01 – 15:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	15:13 – 16:25 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	16:25 – 18:13 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	18:13 – 20:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	20:01 – 21:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	21:50 – 23:38 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	23:38 – 01:26 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	01:26 – 03:14 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	03:14 – 05:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	05:03 – 06:51 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Bṛhaspati Walk (गुरु यात्रा)

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867424.27
Julian Day	2455889.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0192°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	344.51°

🪷 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 (24.0192°), declination -20.44°, EoT 12.55 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: 2011-11-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)