पञ्चाङ्ग — Madurai, Tamil Nadu · November 17, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.2 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
इदं ज्ञानमुपाश्रित्य मम साधर्म्यमागताः।सर्गेऽपि नोपजायन्ते प्रलये न व्यथन्ति च।।14.2।।
"14.2 Dwelling in Wisdom and realising My Divinity, they are not born again when the universe is re-created at the beginning of every cycle, nor are they affected when it is dissolved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya210.46°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra295.47°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala121.64°SiṃhaMaghā P1
बुध Budha191.37°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati121.50°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra178.44°KanyāCitrā P2
शनि Śani344.26°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:13 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:53 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 39 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 20 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:40 – 05:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:15 – 06:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:41 – 18:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:53 – 18:22
Amṛta Kāla17:38 – 19:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:58 – 16:25
Yamaganda09:08 – 10:36
Gulika Kāla12:03 – 13:31
Varjyam06:42 – 07:01
Dur Muhūrta 08:57 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:13 – 07:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:41 – 09:08 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:08 – 10:36 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:36 – 12:03 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:03 – 13:31 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:31 – 14:58 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:58 – 16:25 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:25 – 17:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:53 – 19:25 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:25 – 20:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:58 – 22:31 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:31 – 00:03 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:03 – 01:36 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:36 – 03:08 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:08 – 04:41 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:41 – 06:13 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872896.27
Julian Day2461361.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2285°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)88.47°
🪷 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 (24.2285°), declination -18.94°, EoT 14.44 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: 2026-11-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)