पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · September 27, 1997 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: रमा एकादशी — Ramā Ekādaśī
Lakṣmī (Ramā) granted boon to King Mucukunda.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.26 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षाणां देवर्षीणां च नारदः।

गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथः सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनिः।।10.26।।
"10.26 Of trees I am the sacred Fig-tree, of the Divine Seers Narada, of the heavenly singers I am Chitraratha, their Leader, and of sages I am Kapila." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya160.16°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra109.69°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala214.89°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha147.02°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati288.48°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शुक्र Śukra203.48°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani354.05°MīnaRevatī P3

☀️ Chennai, Tamil Nadu — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:57 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:56 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 06 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:21 – 05:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:57 – 05:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta17:49 – 18:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:01 – 18:31
Amṛta Kāla17:46 – 19:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:58 – 10:29
Yamaganda13:30 – 15:00
Gulika Kāla05:57 – 07:28
Varjyam06:27 – 06:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:10

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:57 – 07:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:28 – 08:58 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:58 – 10:29 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:29 – 11:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:59 – 13:30 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:30 – 15:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:00 – 16:31 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:31 – 18:01 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:01 – 19:31 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:31 – 21:00 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:00 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:30 – 23:59 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:59 – 01:29 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:29 – 02:58 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:58 – 04:28 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:28 – 05:57 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 13.0827°
Longitude: 80.2707°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
Elevation: 6 m

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862253.27 · 5098.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450718.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8214° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)307.21° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.8214°) · declination -1.58° · EoT 9.84 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1997-09-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)