पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 9, 2014 CE

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🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.33 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
किं पुनर्ब्राह्मणाः पुण्या भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा।

अनित्यमसुखं लोकमिमं प्राप्य भजस्व माम्।।9.33।।
"9.33 What need then to mention the holy Ministers of God, the devotees and the saintly rulers? Do thou, therefore, born in this changing and miserable world, do thou too worship Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.33'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 (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya232.81°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra82.49°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala278.85°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha232.92°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.80°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra243.69°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani214.05°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:07 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:20 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:44 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:12 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:13 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 13 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 46 Mins 35 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:53 – 06:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:21 – 07:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:02
Vijaya Muhūrta13:16 – 13:53
Godhūli Muhūrta16:08 – 16:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:20 – 16:43
Amṛta Kāla16:05 – 17:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:02

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:02 – 15:11
Yamaganda09:25 – 10:34
Gulika Kāla11:44 – 12:53
Varjyam07:30 – 07:45
Dur Muhūrta 09:16 – 09:35

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:07 – 08:16 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:16 – 09:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:25 – 10:34 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:34 – 11:44 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:44 – 12:53 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:53 – 14:02 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:02 – 15:11 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:11 – 16:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:20 – 18:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:11 – 20:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:02 – 21:53 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:53 – 23:44 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:44 – 01:34 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:34 – 03:25 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:25 – 05:16 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:16 – 07:07 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5116 · Kali-5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868535.27 · 5115.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457000.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0617° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)212.09° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.0617°) · declination -22.79° · EoT 6.87 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2014-12-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)