पञ्चाङ्ग — Madurai, Tamil Nadu · October 15, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.4 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्।स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे श्रृणु।।13.4।।
"13.4 What is called Matter, of what it is composed, whence it came, and why it changes, what the Self is, and what Its power - this I will now briefly set forth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya177.47°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra227.92°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala105.09°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha202.10°TulāViśākhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.51°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra191.31°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani346.30°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:00 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:38 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 54 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 05 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:30 – 05:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:06 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta17:48 – 18:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:00 – 18:30
Amṛta Kāla17:45 – 19:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:32 – 15:01
Yamaganda06:05 – 07:35
Gulika Kāla09:04 – 10:33
Varjyam06:35 – 06:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (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 · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:05 – 07:35 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:35 – 09:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:04 – 10:33 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:33 – 12:03 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:03 – 13:32 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:32 – 15:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:01 – 16:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:31 – 18:00 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:00 – 19:31 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:31 – 21:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:01 – 22:32 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:32 – 00:03 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:03 – 01:33 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:33 – 03:04 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:04 – 04:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:35 – 06:05 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pañcamī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872863.27
Julian Day2461328.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2272°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)53.20°
🪷 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 (24.2272°), declination -8.46°, EoT 14.86 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: 2026-10-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)