पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · June 21, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.38 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते।

तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति।।4.38।।
"4.38 There is nothing in the world so purifying as wisdom; and he who is a perfect saint finds that at last in his own Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya65.56°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
चन्द्र Candra351.48°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala170.45°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha63.61°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati89.71°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शुक्र Śukra32.79°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
शनि Śani203.05°TulāViśākhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:37 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 53 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 06 Mins 15 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:00 – 04:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:39 – 05:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:25 – 18:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:37 – 19:09
Amṛta Kāla18:22 – 20:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:57 – 10:34
Yamaganda13:47 – 15:24
Gulika Kāla05:43 – 07:20
Varjyam06:16 – 06:36
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:10

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:43 – 07:20 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:20 – 08:57 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:57 – 10:34 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:34 – 12:10 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:10 – 13:47 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:47 – 15:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:24 – 17:01 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:01 – 18:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:37 – 20:01 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:01 – 21:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:24 – 22:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:47 – 00:10 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:10 – 01:34 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:34 – 02:57 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:57 – 04:20 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:20 – 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 · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868364.27
Julian Day2456829.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0551°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)283.82°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0551°), declination 23.44°, EoT -1.45 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2014-06-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)