पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · February 8, 2017 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 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 11.48 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
न वेदयज्ञाध्ययनैर्न दानै

र्न च क्रियाभिर्न तपोभिरुग्रैः।

एवंरूपः शक्य अहं नृलोके

द्रष्टुं त्वदन्येन कुरुप्रवीर।।11.48।।
"11.48 Not by study of the scriptures, not by sacrifice or gift, not by ritual or rigorous austerity, is it possible for man on earth to see what thou hast seen, O thou foremost hero of the Kuru-clan!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.48'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 (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya295.37°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra76.59°MithunaĀrdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala343.69°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha276.67°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati178.56°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra338.99°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani240.95°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:23 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 38 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 21 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:01 – 05:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:36 – 06:34
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta18:01 – 18:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:13 – 18:42
Amṛta Kāla17:58 – 19:43
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:47

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:23 – 13:51
Yamaganda08:01 – 09:29
Gulika Kāla10:56 – 12:23
Varjyam07:03 – 07:22
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (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):
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:34 – 08:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:01 – 09:29 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:29 – 10:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:56 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:23 – 13:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:51 – 15:18 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:18 – 16:45 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:45 – 18:13 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:13 – 19:45 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:45 – 21:18 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:18 – 22:51 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:51 – 00:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:23 – 01:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:56 – 03:29 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:29 – 05:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:01 – 06:34 (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)1869327.27 · 5118.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457792.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0920° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)142.76° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (24.0920°) · declination -14.98° · EoT -14.45 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:2017-02-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)