पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 24, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.16 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन।

आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ।।7.16।।
"7.16 O Arjuna! The righteous who worship Me are grouped by stages: first, they who suffer, next they who desire knowledge, then they who thirst after truth, and lastly they who attain wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya187.00°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra300.50°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala227.97°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha210.70°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati51.35°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra150.38°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani187.88°TulāSvātī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:13 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:56 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:54 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:23 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:47 – 05:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:19 – 06:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:56
Vijaya Muhūrta13:21 – 14:04
Godhūli Muhūrta16:44 – 17:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:56 – 17:22
Amṛta Kāla16:41 – 18:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:34 – 12:55
Yamaganda07:33 – 08:54
Gulika Kāla10:14 – 11:34
Varjyam06:40 – 06:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:43 – 09:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:13 – 07:33 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:33 – 08:54 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:54 – 10:14 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:14 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:34 – 12:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:55 – 14:15 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:15 – 15:35 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:35 – 16:56 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:56 – 18:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:35 – 20:15 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:15 – 21:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:55 – 23:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:34 – 01:14 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:14 – 02:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:54 – 04:33 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:33 – 06:13 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867759.27
Julian Day2456224.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0320°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)111.35°
🪷 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 (24.0320°), declination -11.83°, EoT 16.15 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: 2012-10-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)