पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · June 2, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: अपरा एकादशी — Aparā Ekādaśī
Boundless (aparā) merit; removes brahma-hatyā even.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.19 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
भूतग्रामः स एवायं भूत्वा भूत्वा प्रलीयते।

रात्र्यागमेऽवशः पार्थ प्रभवत्यहरागमे।।8.19।।
"8.19 The same multitude of beings, which have lived on earth so often, all are dissolved as the night of the universe approaches, to issue forth anew when morning breaks. Thus is it ordained." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.19'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 Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya47.82°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra348.57°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala0.11°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha32.82°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati37.48°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
शुक्र Śukra46.79°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani324.69°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:32 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:03 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 51 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 08 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:58 – 04:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:37 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:20 – 18:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:32 – 19:04
Amṛta Kāla18:17 – 20:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:32

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:56 – 18:32
Yamaganda12:07 – 13:43
Gulika Kāla15:19 – 16:56
Varjyam06:13 – 06:34
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

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 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:07 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:43 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:19 – 16:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:56 – 18:32 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:32 – 19:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:56 – 21:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:19 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:43 – 00:07 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:07 – 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)1871998.27
Julian Day2460463.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1941°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)302.33°
🪷 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 (24.1941°), declination 22.23°, EoT 2.20 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: 2024-06-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)