पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · January 8, 2010 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.55 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
भक्त्या मामभिजानाति यावान्यश्चास्मि तत्त्वतः।ततो मां तत्त्वतो ज्ञात्वा विशते तदनन्तरम्।।18.55।।
"18.55 By such devotion, he sees Me, who I am and what I am; and thus realising the Truth, he enters My Kingdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.55's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2067 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1932 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1417
Malayalam Era: 1186
Nanakshahi: 541
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.64°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra181.02°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala113.26°KarkaAśleṣā P2
बुध Budha255.91°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati304.08°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra262.60°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani160.40°KanyāHasta P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:57 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:52 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 23 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 36 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:03 – 05:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:37 – 06:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta17:45 – 18:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:57 – 18:26
Amṛta Kāla17:42 – 19:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:38

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:50 – 12:16
Yamaganda15:07 – 16:32
Gulika Kāla07:59 – 09:25
Varjyam07:02 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:36

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:34 – 07:59 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:59 – 09:25 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:25 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:50 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:16 – 13:41 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:41 – 15:07 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:07 – 16:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:32 – 17:57 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:57 – 19:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:32 – 21:07 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:07 – 22:41 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:41 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:16 – 01:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:50 – 03:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:25 – 04:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:59 – 06:34 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Citrā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5111 · Kali-5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866739.27 · 5111.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455204.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9930° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)274.25° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (23.9930°) · declination -22.27° · EoT -6.70 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:2010-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)