पञ्चाङ्ग — Madurai, Tamil Nadu · November 25, 2016 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: सफला एकादशी — Saphalā Ekādaśī
Renders all undertakings fruitful (saphala).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.15 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
स्वयमेवात्मनाऽत्मानं वेत्थ त्वं पुरुषोत्तम।

भूतभावन भूतेश देवदेव जगत्पते।।10.15।।
"10.15 Thou alone knowest Thyself, by the power of Thy Self; Thou the Supreme Spirit, the Source and Master of all being, the Lord of Lords, the Ruler of the Universe." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya219.11°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
चन्द्र Candra170.56°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala287.38°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha234.49°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati171.17°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra260.97°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani232.76°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:17 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:49 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 36 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 23 Mins 14 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:44 – 05:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:19 – 06:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta17:42 – 18:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:54 – 18:23
Amṛta Kāla17:39 – 19:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:29

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:38 – 12:05
Yamaganda14:59 – 16:27
Gulika Kāla07:44 – 09:11
Varjyam06:46 – 07:05
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:23

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:17 – 07:44 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:44 – 09:11 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:11 – 10:38 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:38 – 12:05 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:05 – 13:32 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:32 – 14:59 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:59 – 16:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:27 – 17:54 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:54 – 19:27 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:27 – 20:59 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:59 – 22:32 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:32 – 00:05 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:05 – 01:38 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:38 – 03:11 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:11 – 04:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:44 – 06:17 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 9.9252°
Longitude: 78.1198°
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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869252.27 · 5117.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457717.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0891° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)309.37° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (24.0891°) · declination -20.79° · EoT 12.23 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:2016-11-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)