पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 28, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.9 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः।

दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम्।।11.9।।
"11.9 Sanjaya continued: "Having thus spoken, O King, the Lord Shri Krishna, the Almighty Prince of Wisdom, showed to Arjuna the Supreme Form of the Great God." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya315.57°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra162.64°KanyāHasta P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala326.26°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha324.05°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati43.21°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra308.24°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani197.16°TulāSvātī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:28 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:39 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:58 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:46 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 11 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 48 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:58 – 05:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:32 – 06:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:27 – 17:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:39 – 18:07
Amṛta Kāla17:24 – 19:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:28 – 14:52
Yamaganda06:28 – 07:52
Gulika Kāla09:16 – 10:40
Varjyam06:56 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:28 – 07:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:52 – 09:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:16 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:40 – 12:04 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:04 – 13:28 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:28 – 14:52 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:52 – 16:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:16 – 17:39 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:39 – 19:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:16 – 20:52 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:52 – 22:28 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:28 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:04 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:40 – 03:16 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:16 – 04:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:52 – 06:28 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867886.27
Julian Day2456351.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0368°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)206.39°
🪷 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 (24.0368°), declination -7.97°, EoT -13.22 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: 2013-02-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)