पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · December 8, 2015 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.34 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
आचार्याः पितरः पुत्रास्तथैव च पितामहाः।

मातुलाः श्वशुराः पौत्राः श्यालाः सम्बन्धिनस्तथा।।1.34।।
"1.34 Teachers, fathers and grandfathers, sons and grandsons, uncles, father-in-law, brothers-in-law and other relatives." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya231.53°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra192.78°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala170.60°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha242.56°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati146.93°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra189.08°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani224.10°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:20 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:43 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:37 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 22 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 37 Mins 06 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:49 – 05:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:23 – 06:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta17:31 – 17:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:43 – 18:12
Amṛta Kāla17:28 – 19:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:52 – 16:18
Yamaganda09:11 – 10:36
Gulika Kāla12:02 – 13:27
Varjyam06:49 – 07:07
Dur Muhūrta 09:00 – 09:22

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:20 – 07:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:46 – 09:11 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:11 – 10:36 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:36 – 12:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:02 – 13:27 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:27 – 14:52 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:52 – 16:18 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:18 – 17:43 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:43 – 19:18 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:18 – 20:52 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:52 – 22:27 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:27 – 00:02 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:02 – 01:36 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:36 – 03:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:11 – 04:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:46 – 06:20 (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 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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868899.27 · 5116.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457364.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0756° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)320.12° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 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 (24.0756°) · declination -22.66° · EoT 7.30 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:2015-12-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)