पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · March 8, 1997 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: महा शिवरात्रि — Mahā Śivarātri
The greatest night of Lord Śiva; cosmic dance of dissolution.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.33 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्रेयान्द्रव्यमयाद्यज्ञाज्ज्ञानयज्ञः परन्तप।

सर्वं कर्माखिलं पार्थ ज्ञाने परिसमाप्यते।।4.33।।
"4.33 The sacrifice of wisdom is superior to any material sacrifice, for, O Arjuna, the climax of action is always Realisation." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.33's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya323.69°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra309.34°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala156.41°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha320.41°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati286.55°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शुक्र Śukra317.34°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani343.60°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:20 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 13 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:50 – 05:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:26 – 06:26
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:12 – 18:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:24 – 18:54
Amṛta Kāla18:09 – 19:54
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:26 – 10:55
Yamaganda13:55 – 15:24
Gulika Kāla06:26 – 07:56
Varjyam06:56 – 07:15
Dur Muhūrta 09:14 – 09:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
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 Kāla06:26 – 07:56 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:56 – 09:26 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:26 – 10:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:55 – 12:25 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:25 – 13:55 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:55 – 15:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:24 – 16:54 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:54 – 18:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:24 – 19:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:54 – 21:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:24 – 22:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:55 – 00:25 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:25 – 01:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:55 – 03:26 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:26 – 04:56 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:56 – 06:26 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

12 steps · festival walk
Today is Mahā Śivarātri — its dedicated walk.
Śiva-stuti through Bhāgavata + Mahābhārata Anuśāsana.

🌌 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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862050.27 · 5098.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450515.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8136° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)346.56° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.8136°) · declination -4.94° · EoT -11.53 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:1997-03-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)