पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · May 18, 2000 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: बुद्ध पूर्णिमा — Buddha Pūrṇimā
Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and mahāparinirvāṇa all on this Vaiśākha Pūrṇimā. Most sacred Buddhist + Vaishnava day.
Historical anchor: Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (Lumbinī, Nepal) — -0562-04-11 →

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.38 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्।।18.38।।
"18.38 That which as first is like nectar, because the senses revel in their objects, but in the end acts like poison - that pleasure arises from Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2057 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1922 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1407
Malayalam Era: 1176
Nanakshahi: 531
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya33.56°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra210.59°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala46.05°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha44.04°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati26.34°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra27.00°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शनि Śani27.47°MeṣaKṛttikā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:28 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 45 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 14 Mins 47 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:01 – 04:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:39 – 05:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta18:16 – 18:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:28 – 19:00
Amṛta Kāla18:13 – 19:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:31

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:41 – 15:17
Yamaganda05:43 – 07:18
Gulika Kāla08:54 – 10:30
Varjyam06:15 – 06:35
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:43 – 07:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:18 – 08:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:54 – 10:30 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:30 – 12:05 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:05 – 13:41 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:41 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:17 – 16:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:52 – 18:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:28 – 19:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:52 – 21:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:17 – 22:41 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:41 – 00:05 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:05 – 01:30 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:30 – 02:54 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:54 – 04:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:18 – 05:43 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · festival walk
Today is Buddha Pūrṇimā — its dedicated walk.
Bhāgavata 1.3.24 (Buddha as 21st avatāra) + BG 12.13 (compassion) + Dhammapada parallels.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā + Viśākhā)
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

🌌 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 Year5102 · Kali-5102
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863217.27 · 5101.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451682.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8583° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)178.27° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 15/30)
🪷 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 (23.8583°) · declination 19.58° · EoT 3.69 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:2000-05-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)