पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 20, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.10 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
तेषां सततयुक्तानां भजतां प्रीतिपूर्वकम्।

ददामि बुद्धियोगं तं येन मामुपयान्ति ते।।10.10।।
"10.10 To those who are always devout and who worship Me with love, I give the power of discrimination, which leads them to Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya214.06°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
चन्द्र Candra108.22°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala283.66°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha226.99°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati170.27°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra255.05°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani232.19°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:47 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:27 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:26 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:41 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 39 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 20 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:30 – 06:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:59 – 06:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:17 – 11:56
Vijaya Muhūrta13:13 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta16:15 – 16:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:27 – 16:51
Amṛta Kāla16:12 – 17:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 23:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:14 – 16:27
Yamaganda11:37 – 12:49
Gulika Kāla14:02 – 15:14
Varjyam07:11 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:02 – 09:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:47 – 07:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:59 – 09:12 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:12 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:24 – 11:37 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:37 – 12:49 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:49 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:02 – 15:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:14 – 16:27 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:27 – 18:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:14 – 20:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:02 – 21:49 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:49 – 23:37 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:37 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:24 – 03:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:12 – 04:59 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:59 – 06:47 (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 Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869247.27
Julian Day2457712.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0889°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)251.12°
🪷 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 (24.0889°), declination -19.75°, EoT 13.70 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: 2016-11-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)