पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 1, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.25 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
यान्ति देवव्रता देवान् पितृ़न्यान्ति पितृव्रताः।

भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम्।।9.25।।
"9.25 The votaries of the lesser Powers go to them; the devotees of spirits go to them; they who worship the Powers of Darkness, to such Powers shall they go; and so, too, those who worship Me shall come to Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla 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)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya224.69°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
चन्द्र Candra335.85°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala272.66°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha220.30°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.70°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra233.65°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani213.12°VṛścikaViśākhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:59 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:22 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:02 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:08 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 22 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 37 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:44 – 06:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:12 – 06:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 11:59
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta16:10 – 16:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:22 – 16:45
Amṛta Kāla16:07 – 17:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 23:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:09 – 09:20
Yamaganda10:30 – 11:40
Gulika Kāla12:51 – 14:01
Varjyam07:23 – 07:38
Dur Muhūrta 09:10 – 09:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:59 – 08:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:09 – 09:20 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:20 – 10:30 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:30 – 11:40 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:40 – 12:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:51 – 14:01 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:01 – 15:11 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:11 – 16:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:22 – 18:11 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:11 – 20:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:01 – 21:51 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:51 – 23:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:40 – 01:30 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:30 – 03:20 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:20 – 05:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:09 – 06:59 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868527.27
Julian Day2456992.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0614°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)111.08°
🪷 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 (24.0614°), declination -21.76°, EoT 10.13 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: 2014-12-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)