पञ्चाङ्ग — Madurai, Tamil Nadu · August 18, 2011 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: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.13 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयाम्यहमोजसा।पुष्णामि चौषधीः सर्वाः सोमो भूत्वा रसात्मकः।।15.13।।
"15.13 1 enter this world and animate all My creatures with My vitality; and by My cool moonbeams I nourish the plants." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya120.76°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra348.40°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala75.47°MithunaĀrdrā P3
बुध Budha118.85°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati15.99°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra121.04°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani169.51°KanyāHasta P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:34 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 25 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 34 Mins 08 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:29 – 05:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:06 – 06:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:22 – 18:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:34 – 19:05
Amṛta Kāla18:19 – 20:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:54 – 15:28
Yamaganda06:08 – 07:41
Gulika Kāla09:15 – 10:48
Varjyam06:39 – 06:59
Dur Muhūrta 09:02 – 09:27

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:08 – 07:41 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:41 – 09:15 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:15 – 10:48 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:48 – 12:21 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:21 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:54 – 15:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:28 – 17:01 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:01 – 18:34 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:34 – 20:01 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:01 – 21:28 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:28 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:54 – 00:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:21 – 01:48 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:48 – 03:15 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:15 – 04:41 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:41 – 06:08 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867326.27 · 5112.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455791.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0154° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)230.99° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (24.0154°) · declination 13.26° · EoT -3.53 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:2011-08-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)