पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 6, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.32 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च।

किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा।।1.32।।
"1.32 Ah my Lord! I crave not for victory, nor for the kingdom, nor for any pleasure. What were a kingdom or happiness or life to me," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya229.50°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra168.92°KanyāHasta P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala169.44°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha239.45°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati146.74°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra186.73°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani223.87°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:04 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:21 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:55 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:25 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 16 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 43 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:50 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:18 – 07:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:15 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta16:09 – 16:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:21 – 16:44
Amṛta Kāla16:06 – 17:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:11 – 16:21
Yamaganda11:42 – 12:52
Gulika Kāla14:02 – 15:11
Varjyam07:27 – 07:42
Dur Muhūrta 09:14 – 09:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:04 – 08:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:14 – 09:23 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:23 – 10:33 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:33 – 11:42 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:42 – 12:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:52 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:02 – 15:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:11 – 16:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:21 – 18:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:11 – 20:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:02 – 21:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:52 – 23:42 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:42 – 01:33 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:33 – 03:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:23 – 05:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:14 – 07:04 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868897.27
Julian Day2457362.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0755°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)298.20°
🪷 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 (24.0755°), declination -22.43°, EoT 8.14 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: 2015-12-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)