पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · February 3, 2025 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.4 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च।अज्ञानं चाभिजातस्य पार्थ सम्पदमासुरीम्।।16.4।।
"16.4 Hypocrisy, pride, insolence, cruelty, ignorance belong to him who is born of the godless qualities." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya290.25°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra349.98°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala85.31°MithunaPunarvasu P2
बुध Budha285.31°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati47.03°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra334.50°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani323.54°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:14 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:02 – 05:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:37 – 06:35
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta17:59 – 18:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:11 – 18:40
Amṛta Kāla17:56 – 19:41
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:02 – 09:29
Yamaganda10:56 – 12:23
Gulika Kāla13:50 – 15:17
Varjyam07:04 – 07:23
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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 Amṛta06:35 – 08:02 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:02 – 09:29 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:29 – 10:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:56 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:23 – 13:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:50 – 15:17 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:17 – 16:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:44 – 18:11 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:11 – 19:44 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:44 – 21:17 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:17 – 22:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:50 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:23 – 01:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:56 – 03:29 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:29 – 05:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:02 – 06:35 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872244.27
Julian Day2460709.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2035°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)57.79°
🪷 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 (24.2035°), declination -16.49°, EoT -13.97 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: 2025-02-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)