पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · October 23, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.16 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाऽहमहमौषधम्।

मंत्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम्।।9.16।।
"9.16 I am the Oblation, the Sacrifice and the Worship; I am the Fuel and the Chant, I am the Butter offered to the fire, I am the Fire itself, and I am the Act of offering." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya185.98°TulāCitrā P4
चन्द्र Candra98.91°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala263.30°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha182.54°TulāCitrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati164.70°KanyāHasta P2
शुक्र Śukra221.45°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani229.21°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:46 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:26 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 45 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 14 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:26 – 05:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:01 – 06:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:29 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:37
Godhūli Muhūrta17:34 – 17:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:46 – 18:15
Amṛta Kāla17:31 – 19:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:29 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:17 – 17:46
Yamaganda11:53 – 13:21
Gulika Kāla14:49 – 16:17
Varjyam06:30 – 06:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:45 – 09:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:00 – 07:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:28 – 08:57 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:57 – 10:25 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:25 – 11:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:53 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:21 – 14:49 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:49 – 16:17 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:17 – 17:46 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:46 – 19:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:17 – 20:49 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:49 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:21 – 23:53 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:53 – 01:25 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:25 – 02:57 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:57 – 04:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:28 – 06:00 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869219.27
Julian Day2457684.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0878°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)269.70°
🪷 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 (24.0878°), declination -11.49°, EoT 16.06 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: 2016-10-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)