पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 1, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.20 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः।

अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च।।10.20।।
"10.20 O Arjuna! I am the Self, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the beginning and the life, and I am the end of them all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya194.45°TulāSvātī P3
चन्द्र Candra109.01°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala296.79°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha216.79°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati214.20°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शुक्र Śukra185.60°TulāCitrā P4
शनि Śani250.72°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:22 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:46 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:46 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:59 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 23 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 36 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:59 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:18 – 14:00
Godhūli Muhūrta16:34 – 16:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:46 – 17:12
Amṛta Kāla16:31 – 18:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:52 – 14:10
Yamaganda06:22 – 07:40
Gulika Kāla08:58 – 10:16
Varjyam06:48 – 07:05
Dur Muhūrta 08:48 – 09:09

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:22 – 07:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:40 – 08:58 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:58 – 10:16 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:16 – 11:34 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:34 – 12:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:52 – 14:10 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:10 – 15:28 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:28 – 16:46 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:46 – 18:28 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:28 – 20:10 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:10 – 21:52 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:52 – 23:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:34 – 01:16 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:16 – 02:58 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:58 – 04:40 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:40 – 06:22 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869958.27
Julian Day2458423.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1161°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)274.64°
🪷 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 (24.1161°), declination -14.36°, EoT 16.44 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: 2018-11-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)