पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 12, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.9 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अन्ये च बहवः शूरा मदर्थे त्यक्तजीविताः।

नानाशस्त्रप्रहरणाः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः।।1.9।।
"1.9 And many others, all ready to die for my sake; all armed, all skilled in war." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya236.12°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra355.48°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala157.88°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha226.36°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati83.89°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra272.91°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani204.05°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:10 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:20 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:12 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:13 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 10 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 49 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:56 – 06:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:24 – 07:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:03
Vijaya Muhūrta13:17 – 13:54
Godhūli Muhūrta16:08 – 16:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:20 – 16:43
Amṛta Kāla16:05 – 17:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:54 – 14:03
Yamaganda07:10 – 08:18
Gulika Kāla09:27 – 10:36
Varjyam07:32 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:18 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:10 – 08:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:18 – 09:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:27 – 10:36 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:36 – 11:45 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:45 – 12:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:54 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:03 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:12 – 16:20 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:20 – 18:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:12 – 20:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:03 – 21:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:54 – 23:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:45 – 01:36 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:36 – 03:27 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:27 – 05:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:18 – 07:10 (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 Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868173.27
Julian Day2456638.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0478°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)117.21°
🪷 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 (24.0478°), declination -23.07°, EoT 5.54 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: 2013-12-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)