पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 27, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.19 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते।

वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः।।7.19।।
"7.19 After many lives, at last the wise man realises Me as I am. A man so enlightened that he sees God everywhere is very difficult to find." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.19'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 Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya189.99°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra338.90°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala230.17°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha213.90°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati51.14°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra153.99°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani188.24°TulāSvātī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:17 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:52 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:22 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:37 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 34 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 25 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 05:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:24 – 06:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:20 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta16:40 – 17:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:52 – 17:18
Amṛta Kāla16:37 – 18:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:55 – 10:15
Yamaganda12:54 – 14:13
Gulika Kāla06:17 – 07:36
Varjyam06:43 – 07:00
Dur Muhūrta 08:45 – 09:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:17 – 07:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:36 – 08:55 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:55 – 10:15 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:15 – 11:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:34 – 12:54 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:54 – 14:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:13 – 15:32 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:32 – 16:52 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:52 – 18:32 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:32 – 20:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:13 – 21:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:54 – 23:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:34 – 01:15 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:15 – 02:55 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:55 – 04:36 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:36 – 06:17 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867762.27
Julian Day2456227.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0321°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)148.16°
🪷 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 (24.0321°), declination -12.86°, EoT 16.36 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: 2012-10-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)