पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 21, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.11 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
तेषामेवानुकम्पार्थमहमज्ञानजं तमः।

नाशयाम्यात्मभावस्थो ज्ञानदीपेन भास्वता।।10.11।।
"10.11 By My grace, I live in their hearts; and I dispel the darkness of ignorance by the shining light of wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.11'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 Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya215.07°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
चन्द्र Candra121.33°SiṃhaMaghā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala284.40°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha228.50°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati170.45°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra256.24°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani232.30°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:48 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:26 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:31 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:13 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 37 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 22 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:31 – 06:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:00 – 06:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 11:56
Vijaya Muhūrta13:13 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta16:14 – 16:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:26 – 16:50
Amṛta Kāla16:11 – 17:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 23:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:00 – 09:13
Yamaganda10:25 – 11:37
Gulika Kāla12:49 – 14:02
Varjyam07:12 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:48 – 08:00 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:00 – 09:13 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:13 – 10:25 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:25 – 11:37 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:37 – 12:49 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:49 – 14:02 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:02 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:14 – 16:26 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:26 – 18:14 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:14 – 20:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:02 – 21:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:49 – 23:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:37 – 01:25 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:25 – 03:13 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:13 – 05:00 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:00 – 06:48 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869248.27
Julian Day2457713.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0889°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)263.19°
🪷 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 -19.97°, EoT 13.43 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: 2016-11-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)