पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · August 2, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.14 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम्।विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम्।।18.14।।
"18.14 They are a body, a personality, physical organs, their manifold activity and destiny." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya105.86°KarkaPuṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra222.35°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala103.73°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha132.63°SiṃhaMaghā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati172.70°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra67.29°MithunaĀrdrā P1
शनि Śani237.36°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:54 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:36 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 41 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 18 Mins 40 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:13 – 05:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:51 – 05:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:24 – 18:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:36 – 19:07
Amṛta Kāla18:21 – 20:06
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:15 – 13:50
Yamaganda07:29 – 09:05
Gulika Kāla10:40 – 12:15
Varjyam06:26 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:17

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:54 – 07:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:29 – 09:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:05 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:40 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:15 – 13:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:50 – 15:25 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:25 – 17:00 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:00 – 18:36 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:36 – 20:00 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:00 – 21:25 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:25 – 22:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:50 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:15 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:40 – 03:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:05 – 04:29 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:29 – 05:54 (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

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869502.27
Julian Day2457967.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0986°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)114.90°
🪷 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 (24.0986°), declination 17.75°, EoT -5.95 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: 2017-08-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)