पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 3, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.24 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
य एवं वेत्ति पुरुषं प्रकृतिं च गुणैः सह।

सर्वथा वर्तमानोऽपि न स भूयोऽभिजायते।।13.24।।
"13.24 He who understands God and Nature along with her qualities, whatever be his condition in life, he comes not again to earth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya227.16°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra247.91°DhanuMūla P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala101.52°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha234.04°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati52.68°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra270.57°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani318.85°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:02 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:21 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:32 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:36 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 19 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 40 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:47 – 06:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:15 – 07:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:23 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta16:09 – 16:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:21 – 16:44
Amṛta Kāla16:06 – 17:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:23 – 00:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:01 – 15:11
Yamaganda09:21 – 10:31
Gulika Kāla11:41 – 12:51
Varjyam07:25 – 07:40
Dur Muhūrta 09:12 – 09:31

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:02 – 08:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:11 – 09:21 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:21 – 10:31 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:31 – 11:41 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:41 – 12:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:51 – 14:01 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:01 – 15:11 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:11 – 16:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:21 – 18:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:11 – 20:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:01 – 21:51 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:51 – 23:41 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:41 – 01:31 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:31 – 03:21 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:21 – 05:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:11 – 07:02 (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 Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872182.27
Julian Day2460647.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2011°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)21.27°
🪷 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 (24.2011°), declination -22.14°, EoT 9.36 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: 2024-12-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)