पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 12, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: कार्तिक पूर्णिमा — Kārtika Pūrṇimā / Tripurī Pūrṇimā
Day Mahābhārata war began (4 Oct 3138 BCE). Śiva destroyed Tripurāsura.
Historical anchor: Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (Kurukṣetra) — -3137-10-04 →

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.20 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि

न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः।

अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो

न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे।।2.20।।
"2.20 It was not born; It will never die, nor once having been, can It cease to be. Unborn, Eternal, Ever-enduring, yet Most Ancient, the Spirit dies not when the body is dead." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya205.22°TulāViśākhā P2
चन्द्र Candra19.19°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala180.81°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha204.13°TulāViśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati241.44°DhanuMūla P1
शुक्र Śukra228.28°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani262.07°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:36 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:34 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:09 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:13 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 57 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 02 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:16 – 05:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:46 – 06:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:15 – 13:55
Godhūli Muhūrta16:22 – 16:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:34 – 16:59
Amṛta Kāla16:19 – 18:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 23:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:05 – 15:19
Yamaganda09:06 – 10:20
Gulika Kāla11:35 – 12:50
Varjyam07:01 – 07:17
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
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):
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 Roga06:36 – 07:51 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:51 – 09:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:06 – 10:20 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:20 – 11:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:35 – 12:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:50 – 14:05 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:05 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:19 – 16:34 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:34 – 18:19 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:19 – 20:05 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:05 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:50 – 23:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:35 – 01:20 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:20 – 03:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:06 – 04:51 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:51 – 06:36 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870334.27
Julian Day2458799.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1305°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)173.38°
🪷 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 (24.1305°), declination -17.56°, 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: 2019-11-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)