पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 27, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.17 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन्।

केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन्मया।।10.17।।
"10.17 O Master! How shall I, by constant meditation, know Thee? My Lord! What are Thy various manifestations through which I am to mediate on Thee?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.17'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 Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya221.13°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
चन्द्र Candra194.32°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala288.87°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha237.44°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati171.53°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra263.33°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani232.99°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:55 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:23 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:39 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:41 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:02 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 27 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 32 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:39 – 06:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:08 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 11:58
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:51
Godhūli Muhūrta16:11 – 16:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:23 – 16:46
Amṛta Kāla16:08 – 17:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 23:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:12 – 16:23
Yamaganda11:39 – 12:50
Gulika Kāla14:01 – 15:12
Varjyam07:19 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta 09:08 – 09:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:55 – 08:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:06 – 09:17 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:17 – 10:28 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:28 – 11:39 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:39 – 12:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:50 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:01 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:12 – 16:23 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:23 – 18:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:12 – 20:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:01 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:50 – 23:39 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:39 – 01:28 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:28 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:17 – 05:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:06 – 06:55 (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)1869254.27
Julian Day2457719.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0892°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)332.19°
🪷 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 (24.0892°), declination -21.17°, EoT 11.57 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: 2016-11-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)