पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · November 30, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.25 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत।

कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्िचकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम्।।3.25।।
"3.25 As the ignorant act, because of their fondness for action, so should the wise act without such attachment, fixing their eyes, O Arjuna, only on the welfare of the world." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya223.37°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
चन्द्र Candra75.54°MithunaĀrdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala219.55°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha243.74°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati13.02°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra179.93°KanyāCitrā P2
शनि Śani306.99°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:58 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:22 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:15 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:22 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 24 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 35 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:43 – 06:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:11 – 06:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 11:59
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta16:10 – 16:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:22 – 16:46
Amṛta Kāla16:07 – 17:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 23:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:51 – 14:01
Yamaganda06:58 – 08:08
Gulika Kāla09:19 – 10:29
Varjyam07:21 – 07:36
Dur Muhūrta 09:10 – 09:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:58 – 08:08 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:08 – 09:19 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:19 – 10:29 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:29 – 11:40 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:40 – 12:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:51 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:01 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:12 – 16:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:22 – 18:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:12 – 20:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:01 – 21:51 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:51 – 23:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:40 – 01:29 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:29 – 03:19 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:19 – 05:08 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:08 – 06:58 (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 Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871813.27
Julian Day2460278.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1870°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)214.20°
🪷 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 (24.1870°), declination -21.57°, EoT 10.50 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: 2023-11-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)