पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 15, 2024 CE

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अन्नपूर्णा जयन्ती · Annapūrṇā JayantīShakta
वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति · Vṛścika SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 14.1 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

श्री भगवानुवाचपरं भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानां ज्ञानमुत्तमम्।यज्ज्ञात्वा मुनयः सर्वे परां सिद्धिमितो गताः।।14.1।।

"14.1 "Lord Shri Krishna continued: Now I will reveal unto the Wisdom which is beyond knowledge, by attaining which the sages have reached Perfection." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 14.1'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 Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	239.35°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra	54.84°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	101.17°	Karka	Puṣya P3
बुध Budha	221.80°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	51.05°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra	284.39°	Makara	Śravaṇa P2
शनि Śani	319.34°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:12 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:21 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:46 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	15:55 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	07:01 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 09 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 51 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:59 – 06:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:26 – 07:12
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:28 – 12:05
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:18 – 13:54
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:09 – 16:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:21 – 16:44
Amṛta Kāla	16:06 – 17:51
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:28 – 00:05

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:12 – 16:21
Yamaganda	11:46 – 12:55
Gulika Kāla	14:04 – 15:12
Varjyam	07:35 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta	09:20 – 09:38

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	07:12 – 08:20 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	08:20 – 09:29 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	09:29 – 10:38 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:38 – 11:46 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	11:46 – 12:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	12:55 – 14:04 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	14:04 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	15:12 – 16:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	16:21 – 18:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	18:12 – 20:04 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	20:04 – 21:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	21:55 – 23:46 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	23:46 – 01:38 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:38 – 03:29 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	03:29 – 05:20 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	05:20 – 07:12 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Mṛgaśīrṣā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1872194.27
Julian Day	2460659.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2016°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	177.31°

🪷 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 (24.2016°), declination -23.28°, EoT 4.18 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: 2024-12-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)