पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 2, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.70 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं

समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत्।

तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे

स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी।।2.70।।
"2.70 He attains Peace, into whom desires flow as rivers into the ocean, which though brimming with water remains ever the same; not he whom desire carries away." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.70's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya225.91°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
चन्द्र Candra193.79°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala207.63°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha227.14°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati301.35°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra266.67°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani284.93°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:00 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:21 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:21 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:43 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 20 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 39 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:46 – 06:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:14 – 07:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 11:59
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta16:09 – 16:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:21 – 16:45
Amṛta Kāla16:06 – 17:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 23:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:51 – 14:01
Yamaganda07:00 – 08:10
Gulika Kāla09:21 – 10:31
Varjyam07:24 – 07:39
Dur Muhūrta 09:11 – 09:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (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 · 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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:00 – 08:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:10 – 09:21 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:21 – 10:31 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:31 – 11:41 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:41 – 12:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:51 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:01 – 15:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:11 – 16:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:21 – 18:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:11 – 20:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:01 – 21:51 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:51 – 23:41 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:41 – 01:31 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:31 – 03:21 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:21 – 05:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:10 – 07:00 (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 Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871085.27
Julian Day2459550.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1592°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)329.29°
🪷 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 (24.1592°), declination -21.96°, EoT 9.75 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: 2021-12-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)