पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · July 8, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: देवशयनी एकादशी — Devśayanī Ekādaśī
Bhagavān Viṣṇu enters yoga-nidrā; Cāturmāsya begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.13 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी।

नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन्।।5.13।।
"5.13 Mentally renouncing all actions, the self-controlled soul enjoys bliss in this body, the city of the nine gates, neither doing anything himself nor causing anything to be done." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla 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)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya81.78°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra202.14°TulāViśākhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala177.01°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha61.65°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati93.39°KarkaPuṣya P1
शुक्र Śukra53.07°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani202.49°TulāViśākhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:48 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:39 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:02 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 51 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 08 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:05 – 04:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:27 – 18:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:39 – 19:12
Amṛta Kāla18:24 – 20:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:39

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:27 – 17:03
Yamaganda09:01 – 10:37
Gulika Kāla12:14 – 13:50
Varjyam06:20 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:48 – 09:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:48 – 07:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:24 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:01 – 10:37 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:37 – 12:14 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:14 – 13:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:50 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:27 – 17:03 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:03 – 18:39 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:39 – 20:03 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:03 – 21:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:27 – 22:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:50 – 00:14 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:14 – 01:37 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:37 – 03:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:01 – 04:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:24 – 05:48 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ekādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868381.27
Julian Day2456846.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0558°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)122.70°
🪷 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 (24.0558°), declination 22.50°, EoT -4.68 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: 2014-07-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)