पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 26, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.21 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते।

सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये रथं स्थापय मेऽच्युत।।1.21।।
"1.21 Raising his bow, spoke this to the Lord Shri Krishna: O Infallible! Lord of the earth! Please draw up my chariot betwixt the two armies," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya188.71°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra258.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala157.68°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha199.40°TulāSvātī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati188.98°TulāSvātī P1
शुक्र Śukra170.14°KanyāHasta P4
शनि Śani239.81°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:15 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:53 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:37 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:47 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 38 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 21 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:50 – 05:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:22 – 06:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:21 – 14:03
Godhūli Muhūrta16:41 – 17:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:53 – 17:20
Amṛta Kāla16:38 – 18:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:54 – 14:14
Yamaganda06:15 – 07:35
Gulika Kāla08:55 – 10:14
Varjyam06:42 – 06:59
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:15 – 07:35 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:35 – 08:55 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:55 – 10:14 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:14 – 11:34 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:34 – 12:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:54 – 14:14 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:14 – 15:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:33 – 16:53 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:53 – 18:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:33 – 20:14 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:14 – 21:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:54 – 23:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:34 – 01:14 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:14 – 02:55 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:55 – 04:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:35 – 06:15 (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 Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869587.27
Julian Day2458052.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1019°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)72.66°
🪷 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 (24.1019°), declination -12.45°, EoT 16.30 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: 2017-10-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)