पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · February 20, 1978 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: प्रदोष व्रत — Pradoṣa Vrata
Twilight worship of Śiva on Trayodaśī.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.16 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः।

न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन।।6.16।।
"6.16 Meditation is not for him who eats too much, not for him who eats not at all; not for him who is overmuch addicted to sleep, not for him who is always awake." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2035 Prajāpati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1900 Kālayukta
Bengali Saṁvat: 1385
Malayalam Era: 1154
Nanakshahi: 509
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya307.50°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra93.32°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala89.75°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha302.10°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati62.27°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शुक्र Śukra314.75°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani123.23°SiṃhaMaghā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:49 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 46 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 13 Mins 40 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:36 – 06:35
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:21 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:51

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:03 – 09:31
Yamaganda10:59 – 12:28
Gulika Kāla13:56 – 15:24
Varjyam07:04 – 07:23
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:43

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:35 – 08:03 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:03 – 09:31 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:31 – 10:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:59 – 12:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:28 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:56 – 15:24 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:24 – 16:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:53 – 18:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:21 – 19:53 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:53 – 21:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:24 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:56 – 00:28 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:28 – 01:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:59 – 03:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:31 – 05:03 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:03 – 06:35 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 12.9165°
Longitude: 79.1325°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Trayodaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5079 · Kali-5079
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855094.27 · 5079.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2443559.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5476° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)144.40° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.5476°) · declination -11.10° · EoT -14.28 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1978-02-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)