पञ्चाङ्ग — Madurai, Tamil Nadu · August 28, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.40 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः।सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्ित्रभिर्गुणैः।।18.40।।
"18.40 There is nothing anywhere on earth or in the higher worlds which is free from the three Qualities - for they are born of Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya130.84°SiṃhaMaghā P4
चन्द्र Candra206.47°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala120.33°SiṃhaMaghā P1
बुध Budha128.49°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.86°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra97.87°KarkaPuṣya P2
शनि Śani236.93°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 20 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 39 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:29 – 05:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:06 – 06:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:17 – 18:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:29 – 18:59
Amṛta Kāla18:14 – 19:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:41 – 09:13
Yamaganda10:46 – 12:18
Gulika Kāla13:51 – 15:23
Varjyam06:39 – 06:59
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:08 – 07:41 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:41 – 09:13 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:13 – 10:46 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:46 – 12:18 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:18 – 13:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:51 – 15:23 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:23 – 16:56 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:56 – 18:29 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:29 – 19:56 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:56 – 21:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:23 – 22:51 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:51 – 00:18 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:18 – 01:46 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:46 – 03:13 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:13 – 04:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:41 – 06:08 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Saptamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869528.27
Julian Day2457993.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0996°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)76.11°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0996°), declination 9.70°, EoT -0.81 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2017-08-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)