पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · February 5, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.45 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा

भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे।

तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं

प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास।।11.45।।
"11.45 I rejoice that I have seen what never man saw before; yet, O Lord! I am overwhelmed with fear. Please take again the Form I know. Be merciful, O Lord! thou Who are the Home of the whole universe." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.45's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya292.33°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra33.62°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala341.46°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha272.25°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati178.56°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra336.76°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani240.69°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:47 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 36 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 23 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:02 – 05:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:37 – 06:35
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta17:59 – 18:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:11 – 18:41
Amṛta Kāla17:56 – 19:41
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:44 – 18:11
Yamaganda12:23 – 13:50
Gulika Kāla15:17 – 16:44
Varjyam07:04 – 07:22
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:35 – 08:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:02 – 09:29 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:29 – 10:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:56 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:23 – 13:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:50 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:17 – 16:44 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:44 – 18:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:11 – 19:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:44 – 21:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:17 – 22:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:50 – 00:23 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:23 – 01:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:56 – 03:29 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:29 – 05:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:02 – 06:35 (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 Śukla Navamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869324.27
Julian Day2457789.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0918°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)102.44°
🪷 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 (24.0918°), declination -15.91°, EoT -14.20 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: 2017-02-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)