पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · May 26, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.12 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च।

मूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम्।।8.12।।
"8.12 Closing the gates of the body, drawing the forces of his mind into the heart and by the power of meditation concentrating his vital energy in the brain;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya41.10°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra250.98°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala354.85°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha20.26°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati35.84°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
शुक्र Śukra38.19°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
शनि Śani324.34°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 48 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 11 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:59 – 04:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:37 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta18:18 – 18:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:30 – 19:02
Amṛta Kāla18:15 – 20:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:54 – 18:30
Yamaganda12:06 – 13:42
Gulika Kāla15:18 – 16:54
Varjyam06:13 – 06:34
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:41 – 07:18 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:18 – 08:54 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:54 – 10:30 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:30 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:06 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:42 – 15:18 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:18 – 16:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:54 – 18:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:30 – 19:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:54 – 21:18 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:18 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:42 – 00:06 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:06 – 01:30 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:30 – 02:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:54 – 04:18 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:18 – 05:41 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871991.27
Julian Day2460456.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1938°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)210.20°
🪷 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 (24.1938°), declination 21.18°, EoT 3.12 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: 2024-05-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)