पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 22, 2015 CE

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वैकुण्ठ एकादशी · Vaikuṇṭha EkādaśīVaishnava
मोक्षदा एकादशी / गीता जयन्ती · Mokṣadā Ekādaśī (Gītā Jayantī)Vaishnava
एकादशी · EkādaśīVaishnava
वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति · Vṛścika SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 1.18 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga

द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वशः पृथिवीपते।

सौभद्रश्च महाबाहुः शङ्खान्दध्मुः पृथक्पृथक्।।1.18।।

"1.18 And O King! Drupada, the sons of Droupadi and Soubhadra, the great soldier, blew their conches." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 1.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka

Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha

Bengali Saṁvat: 1422

Malayalam Era: 1191

Nanakshahi: 546

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	215.33°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P1
चन्द्र Candra	341.83°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	161.18°	Kanyā	Hasta P1
बुध Budha	217.56°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	145.12°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra	170.57°	Kanyā	Hasta P4
शनि Śani	222.21°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:49 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:26 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:37 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	13:52 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	02:15 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 37 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 22 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:32 – 06:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:00 – 06:49
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:18 – 11:57
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:14 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:14 – 16:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:26 – 16:50
Amṛta Kāla	16:11 – 17:56
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:18 – 23:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:14 – 16:26
Yamaganda	11:37 – 12:50
Gulika Kāla	14:02 – 15:14
Varjyam	07:13 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta	09:03 – 09:23

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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 · 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 Udveg	06:49 – 08:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	08:01 – 09:13 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	09:13 – 10:25 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:25 – 11:37 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	11:37 – 12:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	12:50 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	14:02 – 15:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	15:14 – 16:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	16:26 – 18:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	18:14 – 20:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	20:02 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	21:50 – 23:37 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	23:37 – 01:25 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:25 – 03:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	03:13 – 05:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	05:01 – 06:49 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868883.27
Julian Day	2457348.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0750°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	129.13°

🪷 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 (24.0750°), declination -20.02°, EoT 13.15 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: 2015-11-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)