पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · December 31, 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: 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 13.4 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्।स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे श्रृणु।।13.4।।
"13.4 What is called Matter, of what it is composed, whence it came, and why it changes, what the Self is, and what Its power - this I will now briefly set forth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya255.57°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra272.68°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala286.21°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha234.03°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati298.21°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra279.76°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani349.87°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:58 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 22 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 37 Mins 27 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:04 – 05:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:39 – 06:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta17:46 – 18:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:58 – 18:26
Amṛta Kāla17:43 – 19:28
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:39

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:17 – 13:42
Yamaganda08:01 – 09:26
Gulika Kāla10:51 – 12:17
Varjyam07:04 – 07:22
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:37

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:35 – 08:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:01 – 09:26 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:26 – 10:51 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:51 – 12:17 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:17 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:42 – 15:07 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:07 – 16:33 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:33 – 17:58 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:58 – 19:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:33 – 21:07 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:07 – 22:42 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:42 – 00:17 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:17 – 01:51 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:51 – 03:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:26 – 05:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:01 – 06:35 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862348.27 · 5098.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450813.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8250° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)15.55° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.8250°) · declination -23.10° · EoT -3.26 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:1997-12-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)