पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 22, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.41 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा।

तत्तदेवावगच्छ त्वं मम तेजोंऽशसंभवम्।।10.41।।
"10.41 Whatever is glorious, excellent, beautiful and mighty, be assured that it comes from a fragment of My splendour." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya215.56°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
चन्द्र Candra20.19°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala309.38°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha227.24°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati218.83°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शुक्र Śukra181.49°TulāCitrā P3
शनि Śani252.66°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:49 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:26 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:32 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:39 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 37 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 23 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:32 – 06:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:01 – 06:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 11:57
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta16:14 – 16:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:26 – 16:50
Amṛta Kāla16:11 – 17:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 23:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:49 – 14:02
Yamaganda06:49 – 08:01
Gulika Kāla09:13 – 10:25
Varjyam07:13 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:23

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:49 – 08:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:01 – 09:13 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:13 – 10:25 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:25 – 11:37 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:37 – 12:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:49 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:02 – 15:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:14 – 16:26 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:26 – 18:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:14 – 20:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:02 – 21:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:49 – 23:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:37 – 01:25 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:25 – 03:13 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:13 – 05:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:01 – 06:49 (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 Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869979.27
Julian Day2458444.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1169°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)163.66°
🪷 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 (24.1169°), declination -20.08°, EoT 13.15 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: 2018-11-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)