मधुरै · मीनाक्षीस्थान · Madurai, Tamil Nadu · Madurai · Mīnākṣī-Sthāna

🪷 Sanātana Yathārtha
Devī Mīnākṣī (Pārvatī-svarūpa) + Bhagavān Sundareśvara · the Tamil-deśa Śakti-pīṭha · Madhurā-puri (sweet-city) · ancient Pāṇḍya-rājadhānī
Śakti-Pīṭha
Presiding Deity: Devī Mīnākṣī · Bhagavān Sundareśvara

🪷 tier-1 city · IN · Tamil Nadu

📍 Madurai · Mīnākṣī-Sthāna
Coordinates: 9.9252°N, 78.1198°E · IANA Timezone: UTC+5.5 (Asia/Kolkata)
🪷 Local-Mean-Time (LMT · Vedic-canonical): UTC+5h12m29s (5.2080h)
IANA vs LMT: +17.5 minutes (per Constitutional Principle 23 · for year < 1582 CE, LMT is the astronomical-truth; IANA timezones are modern political conventions)
🪷 Closed-Science Sun-Times (today · pure math from longitude + latitude · no IANA lookup):
Sunrise LMT: 05:41:24 · Solar noon LMT (abhijit-muhūrta): 11:57:57 · Sunset LMT: 18:14:30 · Day length: 12.55h
Per Constitutional Principle 23 · closed-science time · computed from (lat, lon, date) alone · NO city-tz lookup · pure rishi-paramparā closed-form math · works at any depth 1.6M BCE → 429K CE · see live JSON

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