पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 6, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.44 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम्।

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते।।2.44।।
"2.44 While their minds are absorbed with ideas of power and personal enjoyment, they cannot concentrate their discrimination on one point." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya229.48°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra338.44°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala196.63°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha210.75°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati246.62°DhanuMūla P2
शुक्र Śukra258.02°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani264.31°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:04 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:21 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:51 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:05 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 16 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 43 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:50 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:18 – 07:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:15 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta16:09 – 16:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:21 – 16:44
Amṛta Kāla16:06 – 17:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:33 – 11:42
Yamaganda14:02 – 15:11
Gulika Kāla08:14 – 09:23
Varjyam07:27 – 07:42
Dur Muhūrta 09:14 – 09:33

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:04 – 08:14 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:14 – 09:23 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:23 – 10:33 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:33 – 11:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:42 – 12:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:52 – 14:02 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:02 – 15:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:11 – 16:21 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:21 – 18:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:11 – 20:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:02 – 21:52 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:52 – 23:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:42 – 01:33 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:33 – 03:23 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:23 – 05:14 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:14 – 07:04 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870358.27
Julian Day2458823.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1314°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)108.76°
🪷 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 (24.1314°), declination -22.43°, EoT 8.14 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: 2019-12-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)