पञ्चाङ्ग — Madurai, Tamil Nadu · July 7, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: रथ यात्रा — Ratha-Yātrā (Jagannātha Puri)
Jagannātha's annual ratha-yātrā at Puri.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.26 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति।

तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः।।9.26।।
"9.26 Whatever a man offers to Me, whether it be a leaf, or a flower, or fruit, or water, I accept it, for it is offered with devotion and purity of mind." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya81.24°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra94.22°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala25.74°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
बुध Budha102.94°KarkaPuṣya P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati45.33°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra89.77°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani325.27°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:42 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:56 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:31 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 40 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 19 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:20 – 05:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:58 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta18:30 – 18:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:42 – 19:14
Amṛta Kāla18:27 – 20:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:47

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:07 – 18:42
Yamaganda12:22 – 13:57
Gulika Kāla15:32 – 17:07
Varjyam06:33 – 06:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:25

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:02 – 07:37 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:37 – 09:12 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:12 – 10:47 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:47 – 12:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:22 – 13:57 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:57 – 15:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:32 – 17:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:07 – 18:42 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:42 – 20:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:07 – 21:32 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:32 – 22:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:57 – 00:22 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:22 – 01:47 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:47 – 03:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:12 – 04:37 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:37 – 06:02 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872033.27
Julian Day2460498.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1954°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)15.13°
🪷 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 (24.1954°), declination 22.54°, EoT -4.52 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: 2024-07-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)