पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · February 25, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.24 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम्।

सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः।।3.24।।
"3.24 And if I were to refrain from action, the human race would be ruined; I should lead the world to chaos, and destruction would follow." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya312.27°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra64.57°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala233.51°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha318.36°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.68°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra323.27°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani252.77°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:28 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:18 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:53 – 05:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:29 – 06:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta18:05 – 18:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:17 – 18:47
Amṛta Kāla18:02 – 19:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:49 – 18:17
Yamaganda12:23 – 13:51
Gulika Kāla15:20 – 16:49
Varjyam06:57 – 07:16
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:37

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
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):
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 Udveg06:28 – 07:56 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:56 – 09:25 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:25 – 10:54 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:54 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:23 – 13:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:51 – 15:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:20 – 16:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:49 – 18:17 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:17 – 19:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:49 – 21:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:20 – 22:51 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:51 – 00:23 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:23 – 01:54 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:54 – 03:25 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:25 – 04:56 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:56 – 06:28 (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 Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869709.27
Julian Day2458174.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1066°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)114.63°
🪷 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 (24.1066°), declination -9.17°, EoT -13.70 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: 2018-02-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)