पञ्चाङ्ग — Madurai, Tamil Nadu · February 16, 2017 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: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.1 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाचएवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते।येचाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः।।12.1।।
"12.1 "Arjuna asked: My Lord! Which are the better devotees who worship Thee, those who try to know Thee as a Personal God, or those who worship Thee as Impersonal and Indestructible?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya303.46°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra183.09°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala349.60°MīnaRevatī P1
बुध Budha289.07°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati178.42°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra344.07°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani241.59°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:37 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:26 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:03 – 05:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:38 – 06:37
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta18:15 – 18:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:27 – 18:56
Amṛta Kāla18:12 – 19:57
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 00:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:01 – 15:29
Yamaganda06:37 – 08:06
Gulika Kāla09:35 – 11:03
Varjyam07:07 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik 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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:37 – 08:06 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:06 – 09:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:35 – 11:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:03 – 12:32 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:32 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:01 – 15:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:29 – 16:58 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:58 – 18:27 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:27 – 19:58 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:58 – 21:29 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:29 – 23:01 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:01 – 00:32 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:32 – 02:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:03 – 03:35 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:35 – 05:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:06 – 06:37 (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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869335.27 · 5118.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457800.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0923° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)240.78° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (24.0923°) · declination -12.32° · EoT -14.54 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:2017-02-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)