पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · April 14, 2016 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
Also observed today
- वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.43 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना।
जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम्।।3.43।।
जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम्।।3.43।।
"3.43 Thus, O Mighty-in-Arms, knowing Him to be beyond the intellect and, by His help, subduing thy personal egotism, kill thine enemy, Desire, extremely difficult though it be."" — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Punarvasu Pada 2 |
| योग (Yoga) | Sukarma |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Viṣṭi |
| वार (Vāra) | Guruvāra (Thursday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 0.45° | Meṣa | Aśvinī P1 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 88.91° | Mithuna | Punarvasu P3 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 224.52° | Vṛścika | Anurādhā P4 |
| बुध Budha | 19.15° | Meṣa | Bharaṇī P2 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 139.47° | Siṃha | Pūrva Phalgunī P2 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 346.03° | Mīna | Uttara Bhādrapadā P4 |
| शनि Śani | 231.81° | Vṛścika | Jyeṣṭhā P2 |
☀️ Chennai, Tamil Nadu — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 05:57 IST |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 18:22 IST |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 12:09 IST |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 11:40 IST |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 00:27 IST |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 12 Hours 24 Mins 47 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 11 Hours 35 Mins 13 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 04:18 – 05:07 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 04:55 – 05:57 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:45 – 12:34 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 14:14 – 15:03 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 18:10 – 18:34 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 18:22 – 18:53 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 18:07 – 19:52 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:45 – 00:34 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 13:43 – 15:16 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 05:57 – 07:30 |
| Gulika Kāla | 09:03 – 10:36 |
| Varjyam | 06:28 – 06:48 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:51 – 09:16 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Śubha | 05:57 – 07:30 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Roga | 07:30 – 09:03 (inauspicious) |
| Day-3 Udveg | 09:03 – 10:36 (inauspicious) |
| Day-4 Chala | 10:36 – 12:09 (neutral) |
| Day-5 Labha | 12:09 – 13:43 (auspicious) |
| Day-6 Amṛta | 13:43 – 15:16 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Kāla | 15:16 – 16:49 (inauspicious) |
| Day-8 Śubha | 16:49 – 18:22 (auspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Amṛta | 18:22 – 19:49 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Kāla | 19:49 – 21:16 (inauspicious) |
| Night-3 Śubha | 21:16 – 22:43 (auspicious) |
| Night-4 Roga | 22:43 – 00:09 (inauspicious) |
| Night-5 Udveg | 00:09 – 01:36 (inauspicious) |
| Night-6 Chala | 01:36 – 03:03 (neutral) |
| Night-7 Labha | 03:03 – 04:30 (auspicious) |
| Night-8 Amṛta | 04:30 – 05:57 (auspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 13.0827°
Longitude: 80.2707°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
Elevation: 6 m
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)
🌌 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 Year | 5117 · Kali-5117 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1869027.27 · 5117.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2457492.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 24.0805° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 85.16° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30) |
🪷 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 (24.0805°) · declination 9.50° · EoT -0.50 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:2016-04-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)