पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 27, 2022 CE

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विनायक चतुर्थी · Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.8 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय।निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः।।12.8।।

"12.8 Then let thy mind cling only to Me, let thy intellect abide in Me; and without doubt thou shalt live hereafter in Me alone." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt

Bengali Saṁvat: 1429

Malayalam Era: 1198

Nanakshahi: 553

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)	Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	220.59°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P3
चन्द्र Candra	262.97°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	55.82°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
बुध Budha	230.50°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	334.64°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra	229.06°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani	295.51°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:55 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:23 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:39 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	09:51 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	19:06 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 28 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 31 Mins 37 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:39 – 06:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:07 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:20 – 11:58
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:14 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:11 – 16:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:23 – 16:47
Amṛta Kāla	16:08 – 17:53
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:20 – 23:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:12 – 16:23
Yamaganda	11:39 – 12:50
Gulika Kāla	14:01 – 15:12
Varjyam	07:18 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta	09:07 – 09:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)

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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	06:55 – 08:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	08:06 – 09:17 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	09:17 – 10:28 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:28 – 11:39 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	11:39 – 12:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	12:50 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	14:01 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	15:12 – 16:23 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	16:23 – 18:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	18:12 – 20:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	20:01 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	21:50 – 23:39 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	23:39 – 01:28 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:28 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	03:17 – 05:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	05:06 – 06:55 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871445.27
Julian Day	2459910.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1730°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	39.68°

🪷 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 (24.1730°), declination -21.09°, EoT 11.57 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: 2022-11-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)