पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 19, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.45 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम्।

यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः।।1.45।।
"1.45 Alas, it is strange that we should be willing to kill our own countrymen and commit a great sin, in order to enjoy the pleasures of a kingdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.45's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya212.79°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra218.95°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala172.81°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha233.91°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati194.20°TulāSvātī P3
शुक्र Śukra200.18°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani242.18°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:45 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:28 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:17 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:45 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 42 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 17 Mins 47 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:28 – 06:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:57 – 06:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:17 – 11:56
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta16:16 – 16:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:28 – 16:52
Amṛta Kāla16:13 – 17:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 23:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:15 – 16:28
Yamaganda11:37 – 12:49
Gulika Kāla14:02 – 15:15
Varjyam07:10 – 07:25
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:45 – 07:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:58 – 09:11 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:11 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:24 – 11:37 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:37 – 12:49 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:49 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:02 – 15:15 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:15 – 16:28 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:28 – 18:15 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:15 – 20:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:02 – 21:49 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:49 – 23:37 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:37 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:24 – 03:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:11 – 04:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:58 – 06:45 (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)1869611.27
Julian Day2458076.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1028°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)7.99°
🪷 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 (24.1028°), declination -19.46°, EoT 13.96 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: 2017-11-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)