पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · December 13, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.4 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्।स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे श्रृणु।।13.4।।
"13.4 What is called Matter, of what it is composed, whence it came, and why it changes, what the Self is, and what Its power - this I will now briefly set forth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya236.82°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra110.07°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala49.80°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
बुध Budha254.57°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati335.25°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra249.14°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani296.61°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:23 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:45 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 21 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 38 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 05:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:26 – 06:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:33 – 17:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:45 – 18:13
Amṛta Kāla17:30 – 19:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:27

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:54 – 16:20
Yamaganda09:13 – 10:39
Gulika Kāla12:04 – 13:29
Varjyam06:51 – 07:09
Dur Muhūrta 09:02 – 09:25

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:23 – 07:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:48 – 09:13 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:13 – 10:39 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:39 – 12:04 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:04 – 13:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:29 – 14:54 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:54 – 16:20 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:20 – 17:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:45 – 19:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:20 – 20:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:54 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:29 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:04 – 01:39 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:39 – 03:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:13 – 04:48 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:48 – 06:23 (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)1871461.27
Julian Day2459926.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1736°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)237.03°
🪷 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 (24.1736°), declination -23.13°, EoT 5.09 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: 2022-12-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)