पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · December 14, 2016 CE

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🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.34 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
मृत्युः सर्वहरश्चाहमुद्भवश्च भविष्यताम्।

कीर्तिः श्रीर्वाक्च नारीणां स्मृतिर्मेधा धृतिः क्षमा।।10.34।।
"10.34 I am all-devouring Death; I am the Origin of all that shall happen; I am Fame, Fortune, Speech, Memory, Intellect, Constancy and Forgiveness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya238.39°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra58.82°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala301.63°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha258.67°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati174.27°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra283.10°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani235.00°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:23 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:45 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:40 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 21 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 38 Mins 18 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:53 – 05:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:27 – 06:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:33 – 17:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:45 – 18:14
Amṛta Kāla17:30 – 19:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:27

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:04 – 13:29
Yamaganda07:49 – 09:14
Gulika Kāla10:39 – 12:04
Varjyam06:52 – 07:10
Dur Muhūrta 09:02 – 09:25

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:23 – 07:49 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:49 – 09:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:14 – 10:39 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:39 – 12:04 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:04 – 13:29 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:29 – 14:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:55 – 16:20 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:20 – 17:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:45 – 19:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:20 – 20:55 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:55 – 22:29 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:29 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:04 – 01:39 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:39 – 03:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:14 – 04:49 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:49 – 06:23 (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 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)1869271.27 · 5117.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457736.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0898° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)181.13° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (24.0898°) · declination -23.22° · EoT 4.64 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:2016-12-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)