पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 11, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.31 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम्।

झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी।।10.31।।
"10.31 I am the Wind among purifiers, the King Rama among warriors; I am the Crocodile among the fishes, and I am the Ganges among rivers." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.31'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 Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya235.34°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra13.44°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala299.37°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha255.93°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.82°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra279.65°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani234.64°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:20 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:02 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:52 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 11 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 48 Mins 37 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:55 – 06:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:23 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:03
Vijaya Muhūrta13:16 – 13:53
Godhūli Muhūrta16:08 – 16:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:20 – 16:43
Amṛta Kāla16:05 – 17:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:11 – 16:20
Yamaganda11:45 – 12:53
Gulika Kāla14:02 – 15:11
Varjyam07:32 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:09 – 08:18 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:18 – 09:27 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:27 – 10:36 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:36 – 11:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:45 – 12:53 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:53 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:02 – 15:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:11 – 16:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:20 – 18:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:11 – 20:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:02 – 21:53 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:53 – 23:45 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:45 – 01:36 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:36 – 03:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:27 – 05:18 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:18 – 07:09 (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)1869268.27
Julian Day2457733.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0897°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)140.78°
🪷 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 (24.0897°), declination -23.02°, EoT 5.99 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: 2016-12-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)