पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · May 8, 2018 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 5.11 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga

कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि।

योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मशुद्धये।।5.11।।

"5.11 The sage performs his action dispassionately, using his body, mind and intellect, and even his senses, always as a means of purification." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 5.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1425

Malayalam Era: 1194

Nanakshahi: 549

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	23.31°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra	292.84°	Makara	Śravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	272.26°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha	357.62°	Mīna	Revatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	204.21°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra	51.82°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
शनि Śani	254.59°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:45 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:05 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	00:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 39 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 20 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:04 – 04:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:42 – 05:45
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:40 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:12 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:13 – 18:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:25 – 18:57
Amṛta Kāla	18:10 – 19:55
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:40 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:15 – 16:50
Yamaganda	08:55 – 10:30
Gulika Kāla	12:05 – 13:40
Varjyam	06:17 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta	08:43 – 09:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	05:45 – 07:20 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:20 – 08:55 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	08:55 – 10:30 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:30 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:05 – 13:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:40 – 15:15 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	15:15 – 16:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:50 – 18:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	18:25 – 19:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:50 – 21:15 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	21:15 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:40 – 00:05 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:05 – 01:30 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:30 – 02:55 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	02:55 – 04:20 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:20 – 05:45 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 13.0827°

Longitude: 80.2707°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

Elevation: 6 m

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869781.27
Julian Day	2458246.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1093°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	271.50°

🪷 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 (24.1093°), declination 17.03°, EoT 3.58 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: 2018-05-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)