पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · December 6, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.17 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्ितमान्यः स मे प्रियः।।12.17।।
"12.17 He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil fortunes are the same, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya229.71°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra25.57°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala52.45°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
बुध Budha244.26°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati334.88°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra240.35°DhanuMūla P1
शनि Śani296.09°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:19 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:42 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:05 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:44 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 23 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 36 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:48 – 05:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:22 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:30 – 17:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:42 – 18:11
Amṛta Kāla17:27 – 19:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:52 – 16:17
Yamaganda09:10 – 10:35
Gulika Kāla12:01 – 13:26
Varjyam06:48 – 07:06
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:19 – 07:45 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:45 – 09:10 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:10 – 10:35 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:35 – 12:01 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:01 – 13:26 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:26 – 14:52 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:52 – 16:17 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:17 – 17:42 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:42 – 19:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:17 – 20:52 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:52 – 22:26 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:26 – 00:01 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:01 – 01:35 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:35 – 03:10 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:10 – 04:45 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:45 – 06:19 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871454.27
Julian Day2459919.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1733°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)156.06°
🪷 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 (24.1733°), declination -22.46°, EoT 8.14 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: 2022-12-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)