पञ्चाङ्ग — Madurai, Tamil Nadu · April 17, 2002 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: रामानुजाचार्य जयन्ती — Rāmānujācārya Jayantī
Birth of Rāmānujācārya; Viśiṣṭādvaita-pratiṣṭhāpaka. Caitra Śukla 5.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.36 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं श्रृणु मे भरतर्षभ।अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति।।18.36।।
"18.36 Hear further the three kinds of pleasure. That which increases day after day delivers one from misery," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya2.98°MeṣaAśvinī P1
चन्द्र Candra50.69°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala38.38°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
बुध Budha13.49°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati74.92°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra25.49°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शनि Śani48.00°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:06 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:28 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:47 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 21 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 38 Mins 28 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:28 – 05:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:05 – 06:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:10
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 Kāla12:17 – 13:50
Yamaganda07:39 – 09:12
Gulika Kāla10:45 – 12:17
Varjyam06:37 – 06:57
Dur Muhūrta 09:00 – 09:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:06 – 07:39 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:39 – 09:12 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:12 – 10:45 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:45 – 12:17 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:17 – 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 – 00:17 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:17 – 01:45 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:45 – 03:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:12 – 04:39 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:39 – 06:06 (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 Year5104 · Kali-5104
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863916.27 · 5103.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452381.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8850° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)50.51° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (23.8850°) · declination 10.36° · EoT 0.26 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:2002-04-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)