पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 1, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.21 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
आदित्यानामहं विष्णुर्ज्योतिषां रविरंशुमान्।

मरीचिर्मरुतामस्मि नक्षत्राणामहं शशी।।10.21।।
"10.21 Of all the creative Powers I am the Creator, of luminaries the Sun; the Whirlwind among the winds, and the Moon among planets." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla 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)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya225.19°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
चन्द्र Candra242.06°DhanuMūla P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala291.86°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha243.22°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati172.21°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra268.03°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani233.46°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:59 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:21 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:15 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:20 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 21 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 38 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:45 – 06:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:13 – 06:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 11:59
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:51
Godhūli Muhūrta16:09 – 16:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:21 – 16:45
Amṛta Kāla16:06 – 17:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 23:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:51 – 14:01
Yamaganda06:59 – 08:10
Gulika Kāla09:20 – 10:30
Varjyam07:23 – 07:38
Dur Muhūrta 09:11 – 09:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:59 – 08:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:10 – 09:20 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:20 – 10:30 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:30 – 11:40 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:40 – 12:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:51 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:01 – 15:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:11 – 16:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:21 – 18:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:11 – 20:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:01 – 21:51 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:51 – 23:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:40 – 01:30 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:30 – 03:20 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:20 – 05:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:10 – 06:59 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869258.27
Julian Day2457723.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0893°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)18.49°
🪷 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 (24.0893°), declination -21.84°, EoT 10.13 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: 2016-12-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)