पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · January 16, 1981 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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Also observed today
- एकादशी · EkādaśīVaishnava
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.14 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनं शौचमार्जवम्।ब्रह्मचर्यमहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते।।17.14।।
"17.14 Worship of God and the Master; respect for the preacher and the philosopher; purity, rectitude, continence and harmlessness - all this is physical austerity." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2038 Bhāva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1903 Durmati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1388
Malayalam Era: 1157
Nanakshahi: 512
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Kṛttikā Pada 4 |
| योग (Yoga) | Śukla |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Vaṇija |
| वार (Vāra) | Śukravāra (Friday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 272.24° | Makara | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 36.80° | Vṛṣabha | Kṛttikā P4 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 289.40° | Makara | Śravaṇa P3 |
| बुध Budha | 282.42° | Makara | Śravaṇa P1 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 166.73° | Kanyā | Hasta P3 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 252.64° | Dhanu | Mūla P4 |
| शनि Śani | 165.96° | Kanyā | Hasta P2 |
☀️ Vellore, Tamil Nadu — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 06:40 IST |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 18:07 IST |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 12:23 IST |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 14:19 IST |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 03:03 IST |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 11 Hours 26 Mins 59 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 12 Hours 33 Mins 01 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 05:08 – 05:54 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 05:42 – 06:40 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 12:00 – 12:46 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 14:18 – 15:03 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 17:55 – 18:19 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 18:07 – 18:35 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 17:52 – 19:37 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 00:00 – 00:46 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 10:57 – 12:23 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 15:15 – 16:41 |
| Gulika Kāla | 08:06 – 09:31 |
| Varjyam | 07:08 – 07:27 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 09:20 – 09:43 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala
Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Chala | 06:40 – 08:06 (neutral) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Labha | 08:06 – 09:31 (auspicious) |
| Day-3 Amṛta | 09:31 – 10:57 (auspicious) |
| Day-4 Kāla | 10:57 – 12:23 (inauspicious) |
| Day-5 Śubha | 12:23 – 13:49 (auspicious) |
| Day-6 Roga | 13:49 – 15:15 (inauspicious) |
| Day-7 Udveg | 15:15 – 16:41 (inauspicious) |
| Day-8 Chala | 16:41 – 18:07 (neutral) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Roga | 18:07 – 19:41 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Udveg | 19:41 – 21:15 (inauspicious) |
| Night-3 Chala | 21:15 – 22:49 (neutral) |
| Night-4 Labha | 22:49 – 00:23 (auspicious) |
| Night-5 Amṛta | 00:23 – 01:57 (auspicious) |
| Night-6 Kāla | 01:57 – 03:31 (inauspicious) |
| Night-7 Śubha | 03:31 – 05:06 (auspicious) |
| Night-8 Roga | 05:06 – 06:40 (inauspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 12.9165°
Longitude: 79.1325°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Ekādaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)
🌌 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 Year | 5082 · Kali-5082 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1856155.27 · 5082.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2444620.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.5882° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 125.77° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30) |
🪷 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 (23.5882°) · declination -20.98° · EoT -9.69 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:1981-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)