पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · January 10, 2015 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.31 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम्।

झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी।।10.31।।
"10.31 I am the Wind among purifiers, the King Rama among warriors; I am the Crocodile among the fishes, and I am the Ganges among rivers." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya265.39°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra138.78°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala303.82°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha283.16°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati116.14°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra283.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani217.43°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:59 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:41 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:59 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 24 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 35 Mins 45 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:03 – 05:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:37 – 06:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta17:47 – 18:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:59 – 18:27
Amṛta Kāla17:44 – 19:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:39

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:25 – 10:51
Yamaganda13:42 – 15:07
Gulika Kāla06:34 – 08:00
Varjyam07:03 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:14 – 09:37

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:34 – 08:00 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:00 – 09:25 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:25 – 10:51 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:51 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:16 – 13:42 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:42 – 15:07 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:07 – 16:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:33 – 17:59 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:59 – 19:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:33 – 21:07 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:07 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:42 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:16 – 01:51 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:51 – 03:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:25 – 05:00 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:00 – 06:34 (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 — 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 Year5116 · Kali-5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868567.27 · 5116.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457032.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0629° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)236.70° · 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 (24.0629°) · declination -22.03° · EoT -7.50 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:2015-01-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)