पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · January 28, 2019 CE

Also observed today

पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.11 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः।सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं ततः कुरु यतात्मवान्।।12.11।।

"12.11 And if thou art too weak even for this, then seek refuge in union with Me, and with perfect self-control renounce the fruit of thy action." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi

Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri

Bengali Saṁvat: 1426

Malayalam Era: 1195

Nanakshahi: 550

Solar Month: Makara (Tai)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	283.69°	Makara	Śravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra	195.63°	Tulā	Svātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	353.83°	Mīna	Revatī P3
बुध Budha	282.03°	Makara	Śravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	232.92°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra	237.76°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani	260.30°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:36 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:08 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	00:41 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	12:18 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 31 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 28 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:04 – 05:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:38 – 06:36
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:59 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:17 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:56 – 18:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:08 – 18:37
Amṛta Kāla	17:53 – 19:38
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:59 – 00:45

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:02 – 09:29
Yamaganda	10:55 – 12:22
Gulika Kāla	13:48 – 15:15
Varjyam	07:05 – 07:23
Dur Muhūrta	09:17 – 09:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)

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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	06:36 – 08:02 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	08:02 – 09:29 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	09:29 – 10:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:55 – 12:22 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	12:22 – 13:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:48 – 15:15 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	15:15 – 16:41 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	16:41 – 18:08 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	18:08 – 19:41 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	19:41 – 21:15 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	21:15 – 22:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:48 – 00:22 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	00:22 – 01:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:55 – 03:29 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	03:29 – 05:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	05:02 – 06:36 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 13.0827°

Longitude: 80.2707°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

Elevation: 6 m

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Svātī 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)	1870046.27
Julian Day	2458511.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1195°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	268.50°

🪷 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 (24.1195°), declination -18.31°, EoT -12.97 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: 2019-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)