पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 12, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.2 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
न मे विदुः सुरगणाः प्रभवं न महर्षयः।

अहमादिर्हि देवानां महर्षीणां च सर्वशः।।10.2।।
"10.2 Neither the professors of divinity nor the great ascetics know My origin, for I am the source of them all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya206.00°TulāViśākhā P2
चन्द्र Candra350.03°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala277.75°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha214.74°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati168.75°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra245.52°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani231.29°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:37 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:33 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:48 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:34 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 56 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 03 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:17 – 05:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:47 – 06:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:54
Godhūli Muhūrta16:21 – 16:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:33 – 16:58
Amṛta Kāla16:18 – 18:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 23:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:06 – 10:21
Yamaganda12:50 – 14:04
Gulika Kāla06:37 – 07:51
Varjyam07:02 – 07:18
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:37 – 07:51 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:51 – 09:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:06 – 10:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:21 – 11:35 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:35 – 12:50 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:50 – 14:04 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:04 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:19 – 16:33 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:33 – 18:19 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:19 – 20:04 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:04 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:50 – 23:35 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:35 – 01:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:21 – 03:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:06 – 04:51 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:51 – 06:37 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869239.27
Julian Day2457704.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0886°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)146.06°
🪷 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 (24.0886°), declination -17.76°, EoT 15.43 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: 2016-11-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)