पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 22, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.31 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो

नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद।

विज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं

न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम्।।11.31।।
"11.31 Tell me then who Thou art, that wearest this dreadful Form? I bow before Thee, O Mighty One! Have mercy, I pray, and let me see Thee as Thou wert at first. I do not know what Thou intendest." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya337.54°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra92.89°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala343.37°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha312.31°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati45.83°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra335.68°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani196.43°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:51 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:16 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:03 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 13 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 46 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:14 – 05:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:50 – 05:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:35
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:26 – 11:58
Yamaganda15:01 – 16:33
Gulika Kāla07:23 – 08:55
Varjyam06:22 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:42 – 09:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:51 – 07:23 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:23 – 08:55 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:55 – 10:26 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:26 – 11:58 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:58 – 13:30 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:30 – 15:01 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:01 – 16:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:33 – 18:05 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:05 – 19:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:33 – 21:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:01 – 22:30 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:30 – 23:58 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:58 – 01:26 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:26 – 02:55 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:55 – 04:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:23 – 05:51 (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)1867908.27
Julian Day2456373.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0377°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)115.70°
🪷 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 (24.0377°), declination 0.63°, EoT -7.53 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: 2013-03-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)