पञ्चाङ्ग — Kāñcīpuram · August 28, 1908 CE

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🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.60 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः।

इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः।।2.60।।
"2.60 O Arjuna! The mind of him, who is trying to conquer it, is forcibly carried away in spite of his efforts, by his tumultuous senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.60's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1965 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1830 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1315
Malayalam Era: 1084
Nanakshahi: 439
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya131.74°SiṃhaMaghā P4
चन्द्र Candra143.54°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala131.15°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha140.08°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati125.28°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शुक्र Śukra88.38°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani347.76°MīnaRevatī P1

☀️ Kāñcīpuram — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:59 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:52 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:07 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 25 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 34 Mins 47 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:20 – 05:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:57 – 05:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta18:13 – 18:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:25 – 18:56
Amṛta Kāla18:10 – 19:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:37

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:39 – 12:12
Yamaganda15:18 – 16:51
Gulika Kāla07:33 – 09:06
Varjyam06:30 – 06:50
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:18

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:59 – 07:33 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:33 – 09:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:06 – 10:39 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:39 – 12:12 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:12 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:45 – 15:18 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:18 – 16:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:51 – 18:25 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:25 – 19:51 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:51 – 21:18 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:18 – 22:45 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:45 – 00:12 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:12 – 01:39 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:39 – 03:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:06 – 04:33 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:33 – 05:59 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 12.8342°
Longitude: 79.7036°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5010 · Kali-5010
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1829716.27 · 5009.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2418181.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.5770° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)13.55° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (22.5770°) · declination 9.92° · EoT -0.81 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1908-08-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)