पञ्चाङ्ग — Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala · September 16, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.7 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च।

मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्मामेवैष्यस्यसंशयम्।।8.7।।
"8.7 Therefore meditate always on Me, and fight; if thy mind and thy reason be fixed on Me, to Me shalt thou surely come." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya149.53°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra319.23°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala238.57°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha143.55°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati156.75°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra176.44°KanyāCitrā P1
शनि Śani226.40°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:11 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:37 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 09 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 50 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:34 – 05:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:11 – 06:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:21 – 18:52
Amṛta Kāla18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:45 – 12:16
Yamaganda15:19 – 16:50
Gulika Kāla07:43 – 09:14
Varjyam06:42 – 07:01
Dur Muhūrta 09:02 – 09:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:11 – 07:43 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:43 – 09:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:14 – 10:45 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:45 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:16 – 13:48 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:48 – 15:19 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:19 – 16:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:50 – 18:21 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:21 – 19:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:50 – 21:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:19 – 22:48 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:48 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:16 – 01:45 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:45 – 03:14 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:14 – 04:43 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:43 – 06:11 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 8.5241°
Longitude: 76.9366°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Śatabhiṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869182.27
Julian Day2457647.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0864°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)169.01°
🪷 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 (24.0864°), declination 2.54°, EoT 5.87 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: 2016-09-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)