पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 30, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.23 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः।

प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ।।8.23।।
"8.23 *Now I will tell thee, O Arjuna, of the times at which, if the mystics go forth, they do not return, and at which they go forth only to return." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya224.20°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
चन्द्र Candra59.59°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala255.68°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha204.67°TulāViśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati47.29°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra195.69°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani192.21°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:58 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:22 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:07 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:16 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 23 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 36 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:43 – 06:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:11 – 06:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 11:59
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:51
Godhūli Muhūrta16:10 – 16:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:22 – 16:45
Amṛta Kāla16:07 – 17:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 23:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:30 – 11:40
Yamaganda14:01 – 15:11
Gulika Kāla08:09 – 09:19
Varjyam07:22 – 07:37
Dur Muhūrta 09:10 – 09:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:58 – 08:09 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:09 – 09:19 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:19 – 10:30 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:30 – 11:40 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:40 – 12:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:50 – 14:01 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:01 – 15:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:11 – 16:22 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:22 – 18:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:11 – 20:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:01 – 21:50 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:50 – 23:40 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:40 – 01:30 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:30 – 03:19 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:19 – 05:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:09 – 06:58 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867796.27
Julian Day2456261.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0334°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)197.58°
🪷 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 (24.0334°), declination -21.68°, EoT 10.50 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: 2012-11-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)