पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · March 19, 2012 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: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.30 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत।

तस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि।।2.30।।
"2.30 Be not anxious about these armies. The Spirit in man is imperishable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya334.82°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra293.65°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala133.78°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha339.90°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati16.32°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra20.45°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शनि Śani183.90°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:14 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:20 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 05 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 54 Mins 01 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:38 – 05:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:14 – 06:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:08 – 18:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:20 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla18:05 – 19:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:42

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:45 – 09:16
Yamaganda10:47 – 12:17
Gulika Kāla13:48 – 15:19
Varjyam06:45 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:28

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:14 – 07:45 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:45 – 09:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:16 – 10:47 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:47 – 12:17 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:17 – 13:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:48 – 15:19 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:19 – 16:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:50 – 18:20 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:20 – 19:50 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:50 – 21:19 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:19 – 22:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:48 – 00:17 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:17 – 01:47 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:47 – 03:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:16 – 04:45 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:45 – 06:14 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867540.27 · 5113.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456005.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0236° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)318.17° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 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 (24.0236°) · declination -0.46° · EoT -8.46 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:2012-03-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)