पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · July 13, 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
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🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.19 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता।

योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः।।6.19।।
"6.19 The wise man who has conquered his mind and is absorbed in the Self is as a lamp which does not flicker, since it stands sheltered from every wind." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya87.01°MithunaPunarvasu P3
चन्द्र Candra187.90°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala209.97°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha93.67°KarkaPuṣya P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.13°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra96.71°KarkaPuṣya P2
शनि Śani226.27°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:49 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:39 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:07 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:49 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 50 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 09 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:07 – 04:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:45 – 05:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:27 – 18:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:39 – 19:11
Amṛta Kāla18:24 – 20:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:14 – 13:51
Yamaganda07:26 – 09:02
Gulika Kāla10:38 – 12:14
Varjyam06:21 – 06:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:49 – 09:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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 · 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 Labha05:49 – 07:26 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:26 – 09:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:02 – 10:38 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:38 – 12:14 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:14 – 13:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:51 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:27 – 17:03 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:03 – 18:39 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:39 – 20:03 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:03 – 21:27 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:27 – 22:51 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:51 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:14 – 01:38 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:38 – 03:02 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:02 – 04:26 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:26 – 05:49 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Svātī alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

🌌 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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869117.27 · 5117.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457582.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0839° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)100.75° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 9/30)
🪷 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 (24.0839°) · declination 21.78° · EoT -5.36 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:2016-07-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)