पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 12, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.38 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः।

कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम्।।1.38।।
"1.38 Although these men, blinded by greed, see no guilt in destroying their kin, or fighting against their friends," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya205.74°TulāViśākhā P2
चन्द्र Candra130.56°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala168.40°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha224.59°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati192.69°TulāSvātī P2
शुक्र Śukra191.40°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani241.44°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:37 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:33 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:56 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:13 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 56 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 03 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:17 – 05:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:47 – 06:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:15 – 13:54
Godhūli Muhūrta16:21 – 16:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:33 – 16:58
Amṛta Kāla16:18 – 18:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 23:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:19 – 16:33
Yamaganda11:35 – 12:50
Gulika Kāla14:04 – 15:19
Varjyam07:02 – 07:17
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
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):
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:37 – 07:51 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:51 – 09:06 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:06 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:20 – 11:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:35 – 12:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:50 – 14:04 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:04 – 15:19 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:19 – 16:33 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:33 – 18:19 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:19 – 20:04 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:04 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:50 – 23:35 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:35 – 01:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:20 – 03:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:06 – 04:51 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:51 – 06:37 (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 Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869604.27
Julian Day2458069.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1025°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)282.48°
🪷 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 (24.1025°), declination -17.70°, EoT 15.43 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: 2017-11-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)