पञ्चाङ्ग — Madurai, Tamil Nadu · January 5, 2034 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.18 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अव्यक्ताद्व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे।

रात्र्यागमे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसंज्ञके।।8.18।।
"8.18 At the dawning of that day all objects in manifestation stream forth from the Unmanifest, and when evening falls they are dissolved into It again." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2091 Prabhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1956 Ānanda
Bengali Saṁvat: 1441
Malayalam Era: 1210
Nanakshahi: 565
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya260.43°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra83.12°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala329.77°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha267.38°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati310.67°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra260.19°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani83.46°MithunaPunarvasu P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:36 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:15 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 33 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 26 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:04 – 05:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:38 – 06:36
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta17:58 – 18:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:10 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla17:55 – 19:40
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:50 – 15:16
Yamaganda06:36 – 08:03
Gulika Kāla09:29 – 10:56
Varjyam07:05 – 07:23
Dur Muhūrta 09:18 – 09:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:36 – 08:03 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:03 – 09:29 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:29 – 10:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:56 – 12:23 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:23 – 13:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:50 – 15:16 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:16 – 16:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:43 – 18:10 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:10 – 19:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:43 – 21:16 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:16 – 22:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:50 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:23 – 01:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:56 – 03:29 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:29 – 05:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:03 – 06:36 (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 Kṛṣṇa Pratipada + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5135
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1875502.27
Julian Day2463967.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.3281°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)184.47°
🪷 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 (24.3281°), declination -22.62°, EoT -5.45 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: 2034-01-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)