पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · July 31, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: रक्षा बन्धन — Rakṣā Bandhana / Śrāvaṇa Pūrṇimā
Sister-brother bond; Brāhmaṇa Upākarma.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.10 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत्।उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम्।।17.10।।
"17.10 The Ignorant love food which is stale, not nourishing, putrid and corrupt, the leavings of others and unclean." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya103.48°KarkaPuṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra277.86°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala89.93°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha111.20°KarkaAśleṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati122.74°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra125.83°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani214.00°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:54 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:36 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 42 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 17 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:12 – 05:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:50 – 05:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:24 – 18:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:36 – 19:08
Amṛta Kāla18:21 – 20:06
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:40 – 12:15
Yamaganda15:26 – 17:01
Gulika Kāla07:29 – 09:04
Varjyam06:25 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:17

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:54 – 07:29 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:29 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:04 – 10:40 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:40 – 12:15 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:15 – 13:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:50 – 15:26 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:26 – 17:01 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:01 – 18:36 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:36 – 20:01 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:01 – 21:26 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:26 – 22:50 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:50 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:15 – 01:40 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:40 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:04 – 04:29 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:29 – 05:54 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868769.27
Julian Day2457234.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0706°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)173.31°
🪷 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 (24.0706°), declination 18.38°, EoT -6.07 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: 2015-07-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)