पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · March 14, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.7 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतनाधृतिः।एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्।।13.7।।
"13.7 Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, sympathy, vitality and the persistent clinging to life, these are in brief the constituents of changing Matter." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya329.56°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra166.20°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala8.55°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha335.90°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.66°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra346.98°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani243.08°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:05 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:56 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:19 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:56 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 50 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 09 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:30 – 05:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:06 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:44 – 18:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:56 – 18:26
Amṛta Kāla17:41 – 19:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:58 – 16:27
Yamaganda09:03 – 10:32
Gulika Kāla12:00 – 13:29
Varjyam06:35 – 06:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:05 – 07:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:34 – 09:03 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:03 – 10:32 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:32 – 12:00 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:00 – 13:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:29 – 14:58 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:58 – 16:27 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:27 – 17:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:56 – 19:27 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:27 – 20:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:58 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:29 – 00:00 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:00 – 01:32 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:32 – 03:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:03 – 04:34 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:34 – 06:05 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869361.27
Julian Day2457826.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0933°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)198.93°
🪷 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 (24.0933°), declination -2.52°, EoT -9.94 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: 2017-03-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)