पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · July 9, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.26 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
"8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya82.68°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra197.22°TulāSvātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala8.09°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha73.12°MithunaĀrdrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati343.90°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra54.66°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani300.23°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:48 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:39 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 51 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 08 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:05 – 04:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:44 – 05:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:27 – 18:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:39 – 19:12
Amṛta Kāla18:24 – 20:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:39

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:01 – 10:37
Yamaganda13:50 – 15:27
Gulika Kāla05:48 – 07:24
Varjyam06:20 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:48 – 09:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 Kāla05:48 – 07:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:24 – 09:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:01 – 10:37 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:37 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:14 – 13:50 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:50 – 15:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:27 – 17:03 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:03 – 18:39 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:39 – 20:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:03 – 21:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:27 – 22:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:50 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:14 – 01:37 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:37 – 03:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:01 – 04:24 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:24 – 05:48 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 13.0827°
Longitude: 80.2707°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
Elevation: 6 m

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871304.27
Julian Day2459769.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1676°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)117.67°
🪷 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 (24.1676°), declination 22.37°, EoT -4.83 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: 2022-07-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)