पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · December 3, 2012 CE

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🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.26 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
"8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya227.24°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra95.48°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala257.98°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha206.69°TulāViśākhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati46.88°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra199.42°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani192.53°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:42 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 24 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 35 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:46 – 05:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:21 – 06:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:30 – 17:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:42 – 18:10
Amṛta Kāla17:27 – 19:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:22

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:43 – 09:09
Yamaganda10:34 – 12:00
Gulika Kāla13:25 – 14:51
Varjyam06:46 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:57 – 09:20

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (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 · 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 Amṛta06:18 – 07:43 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:43 – 09:09 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:09 – 10:34 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:34 – 12:00 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:00 – 13:25 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:25 – 14:51 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:51 – 16:16 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:16 – 17:42 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:42 – 19:16 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:16 – 20:51 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:51 – 22:25 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:25 – 00:00 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:00 – 01:34 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:34 – 03:09 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:09 – 04:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:43 – 06:18 (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 Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867799.27 · 5113.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456264.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0335° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)232.01° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (24.0335°) · declination -22.13° · EoT 9.36 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:2012-12-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)