पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · March 14, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.7 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतनाधृतिः।एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्।।13.7।।
"13.7 Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, sympathy, vitality and the persistent clinging to life, these are in brief the constituents of changing Matter." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya329.56°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra166.20°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala8.55°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha335.90°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.66°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra346.98°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani243.08°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:41 – 05:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:18 – 06:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:08 – 18:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:20 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:05 – 19:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:19 – 16:50
Yamaganda09:18 – 10:49
Gulika Kāla12:19 – 13:49
Varjyam06:48 – 07:07
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:18 – 07:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:48 – 09:18 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:18 – 10:49 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:49 – 12:19 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:19 – 13:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:49 – 15:19 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:19 – 16:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:50 – 18:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:20 – 19:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:50 – 21:19 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:19 – 22:49 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:49 – 00:19 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:19 – 01:49 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:49 – 03:18 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:18 – 04:48 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:48 – 06:18 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869361.27
Julian Day2457826.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0933°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)198.93°
🪷 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 (24.0933°), declination -2.52°, EoT -9.94 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: 2017-03-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)