पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 21, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.15 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते।

एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम्।।9.15।।
"9.15 Others worship Me with full consciousness as the One, the Manifold, the Omnipresent, the Universal." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya214.58°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
चन्द्र Candra196.55°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala264.98°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha204.45°TulāViśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.30°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra221.09°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani211.94°VṛścikaViśākhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:48 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:27 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:17 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:33 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 38 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 21 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:30 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:59 – 06:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 11:56
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta16:15 – 16:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:27 – 16:51
Amṛta Kāla16:12 – 17:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 23:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:25 – 11:37
Yamaganda14:02 – 15:14
Gulika Kāla08:00 – 09:12
Varjyam07:12 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:48 – 08:00 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:00 – 09:12 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:12 – 10:25 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:25 – 11:37 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:37 – 12:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:49 – 14:02 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:02 – 15:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:14 – 16:27 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:27 – 18:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:14 – 20:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:02 – 21:49 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:49 – 23:37 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:37 – 01:25 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:25 – 03:12 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:12 – 05:00 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:00 – 06:48 (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 Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868517.27
Julian Day2456982.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0610°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)341.10°
🪷 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 (24.0610°), declination -19.85°, EoT 13.43 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: 2014-11-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)