पञ्चाङ्ग — Madurai, Tamil Nadu · April 15, 1998 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी — Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī
Monthly Gaṇeśa vrata.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.3 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत।श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः।।17.3।।
"17.3 The faith of every man conforms to his nature. By nature he is full of faith. He is in fact what his faith makes him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya1.05°MeṣaAśvinī P1
चन्द्र Candra215.18°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala7.71°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha347.31°MīnaRevatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati322.44°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra315.51°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani359.70°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:28 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 20 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 39 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:29 – 05:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:06 – 06:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:16 – 18:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:28 – 18:59
Amṛta Kāla18:13 – 19:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:42

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:18 – 13:50
Yamaganda07:40 – 09:13
Gulika Kāla10:45 – 12:18
Varjyam06:38 – 06:58
Dur Muhūrta 09:00 – 09:25

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:08 – 07:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:40 – 09:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:13 – 10:45 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:45 – 12:18 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:18 – 13:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:50 – 15:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:23 – 16:55 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:55 – 18:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:28 – 19:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:55 – 21:23 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:23 – 22:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:50 – 00:18 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:18 – 01:45 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:45 – 03:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:13 – 04:40 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:40 – 06:08 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 9.9252°
Longitude: 78.1198°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862453.27 · 5099.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450918.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8290° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)217.12° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.8290°) · declination 9.63° · EoT -0.24 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:1998-04-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)