पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · January 27, 2021 CE

Also observed today

पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 13.20 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga

प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि।विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसंभवान्।।13.20।।

"13.20 Know thou further that Nature and God have no beginning; and that differences of character and quality have their origin in Nature only." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 13.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda

Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava

Bengali Saṁvat: 1428

Malayalam Era: 1197

Nanakshahi: 552

Solar Month: Makara (Tai)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)	Gara
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	283.17°	Makara	Śravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra	81.78°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	15.52°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P1
बुध Budha	300.92°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	284.73°	Makara	Śravaṇa P2
शुक्र Śukra	268.64°	Dhanu	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani	280.54°	Makara	Śravaṇa P1

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)	16:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	05:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 31 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 28 Mins 19 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 – 18:36
Amṛta Kāla	17:53 – 19:38
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:59 – 00:45

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

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

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

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 · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

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

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

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

Coordinates

Latitude: 13.0827°

Longitude: 80.2707°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

Elevation: 6 m

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturdaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870776.27
Julian Day	2459241.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1474°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	157.77°

🪷 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 (24.1474°), declination -18.44°, EoT -12.76 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: 2021-01-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)