पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · August 18, 2016 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 7.8 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga

रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः।

प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु।।7.8।।

"7.8 O Arjuna! I am the Fluidity in water, the Light in the sun and in the moon. I am the mystic syllable Om in the Vedic scriptures, the Sound in ether, the Virility in man." — Shri Purohit Swami

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तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya

Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1423

Malayalam Era: 1192

Nanakshahi: 547

Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)

Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	121.45°	Siṃha	Maghā P1
चन्द्र Candra	296.74°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	222.41°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P3
बुध Budha	148.61°	Siṃha	Uttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	150.67°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra	140.93°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani	225.52°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:57 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:28 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:12 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	18:05 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	05:42 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 31 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 28 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:16 – 05:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:54 – 05:57
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:47 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:18 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:16 – 18:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:28 – 19:00
Amṛta Kāla	18:13 – 19:58
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:47 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	13:46 – 15:20
Yamaganda	05:57 – 07:31
Gulika Kāla	09:05 – 10:38
Varjyam	06:28 – 06:48
Dur Muhūrta	08:52 – 09:17

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	05:57 – 07:31 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	07:31 – 09:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	09:05 – 10:38 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	10:38 – 12:12 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	12:12 – 13:46 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	13:46 – 15:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	15:20 – 16:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	16:54 – 18:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	18:28 – 19:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	19:54 – 21:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	21:20 – 22:46 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	22:46 – 00:12 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	00:12 – 01:38 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	01:38 – 03:05 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	03:05 – 04:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	04:31 – 05:57 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 13.0827°

Longitude: 80.2707°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

Elevation: 6 m

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Bṛhaspati Walk (गुरु यात्रा)

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869153.27
Julian Day	2457618.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0853°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	174.30°

🪷 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 (24.0853°), declination 13.01°, EoT -3.53 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: 2016-08-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)