पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · January 13, 2030 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.44 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः।

जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते।।6.44।।
"6.44 Unconsciously he will return to the practices of his old life; so that he who tries to realise spiritual consciousness is certainly superior to one who only talks of it." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2087 Rudhirodgāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1952 Sādhāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1437
Malayalam Era: 1206
Nanakshahi: 561
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.61°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra14.43°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala299.49°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha246.83°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.38°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra257.64°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani23.77°MeṣaBharaṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:00 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:05 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 25 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 34 Mins 38 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:03 – 05:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:38 – 06:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:48 – 18:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:00 – 18:29
Amṛta Kāla17:45 – 19:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:35 – 18:00
Yamaganda12:18 – 13:43
Gulika Kāla15:09 – 16:35
Varjyam07:03 – 07:22
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:38

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:35 – 08:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:01 – 09:26 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:26 – 10:52 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:52 – 12:18 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:18 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:43 – 15:09 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:09 – 16:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:35 – 18:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:00 – 19:35 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:35 – 21:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:09 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:43 – 00:18 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:18 – 01:52 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:52 – 03:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:26 – 05:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:01 – 06:35 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5131
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874049.27
Julian Day2462514.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2726°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)104.70°
🪷 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 (24.2726°), declination -21.50°, EoT -8.64 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: 2030-01-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)