पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 27, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.6 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
न चैतद्विद्मः कतरन्नो गरीयो

यद्वा जयेम यदि वा नो जयेयुः।

यानेव हत्वा न जिजीविषाम

स्तेऽवस्थिताः प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्राः।।2.6।।
"2.6 Nor can I say whether it were better that they conquer me or for me to conquer them, since would no longer care to live if I killed these sons of Dhritarashtra, now preparing for fight." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.6'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 Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya220.88°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
चन्द्र Candra314.65°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala177.84°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha242.38°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati195.89°TulāSvātī P3
शुक्र Śukra210.22°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani243.06°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:55 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:23 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:39 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:21 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:27 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 28 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 31 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:39 – 06:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:08 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 11:58
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:51
Godhūli Muhūrta16:11 – 16:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:23 – 16:47
Amṛta Kāla16:08 – 17:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 23:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:06 – 09:17
Yamaganda10:28 – 11:39
Gulika Kāla12:50 – 14:01
Varjyam07:19 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:55 – 08:06 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:06 – 09:17 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:17 – 10:28 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:28 – 11:39 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:39 – 12:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:50 – 14:01 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:01 – 15:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:12 – 16:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:23 – 18:12 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:12 – 20:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:01 – 21:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:50 – 23:39 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:39 – 01:28 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:28 – 03:17 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:17 – 05:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:06 – 06:55 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Śatabhiṣā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869619.27
Julian Day2458084.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1031°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)97.50°
🪷 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 (24.1031°), declination -21.13°, EoT 11.57 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: 2017-11-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)