पञ्चाङ्ग — Madurai, Tamil Nadu · March 12, 2027 CE

Also observed today

विनायक चतुर्थी · Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.18 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना।करणं कर्म कर्तेति त्रिविधः कर्मसंग्रहः।।18.18।।

"18.18 Knowledge, the knower and the object of knowledge, these are the three incentives to action; and the act, the actor and the instrument are the threefold constituents." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra

Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga

Bengali Saṁvat: 1434

Malayalam Era: 1203

Nanakshahi: 558

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Indra
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	327.00°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra	10.54°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	118.98°	Karka	Aśleṣā P4
बुध Budha	299.70°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	114.12°	Karka	Aśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra	288.22°	Makara	Śravaṇa P3
शनि Śani	350.19°	Mīna	Revatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	09:10 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	21:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 01 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 58 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:51 – 05:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:27 – 06:27
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:04 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:28 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:17 – 18:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:29 – 18:59
Amṛta Kāla	18:14 – 19:59
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:04 – 00:52

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:58 – 12:28
Yamaganda	15:28 – 16:59
Gulika Kāla	07:57 – 09:28
Varjyam	06:57 – 07:16
Dur Muhūrta	09:16 – 09:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	06:27 – 07:57 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	07:57 – 09:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	09:28 – 10:58 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:58 – 12:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:28 – 13:58 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:58 – 15:28 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	15:28 – 16:59 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	16:59 – 18:29 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	18:29 – 19:59 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	19:59 – 21:28 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	21:28 – 22:58 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:58 – 00:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:28 – 01:58 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:58 – 03:28 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	03:28 – 04:57 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	04:57 – 06:27 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 9.9252°

Longitude: 78.1198°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturthī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:

-3101-02-18 — Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1873011.27
Julian Day	2461476.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2329°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	44.56°

🪷 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 (24.2329°), declination -3.48°, EoT -10.49 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: 2027-03-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)