पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · May 22, 1998 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: अपरा एकादशी — Aparā Ekādaśī
Boundless (aparā) merit; removes brahma-hatyā even.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.12 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम्।भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित्।।18.12।।
"18.12 For those who cannot renounce all desire, the fruit of action hereafter is threefold - good, evil, and partly good and partly evil. But for him who has renounced, there is none." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya36.94°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
चन्द्र Candra344.55°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala34.72°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
बुध Budha16.78°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati329.39°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra357.02°MīnaRevatī P4
शनि Śani4.22°MeṣaAśvinī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:47 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:33 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 46 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 13 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:05 – 04:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:21 – 18:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:33 – 19:05
Amṛta Kāla18:18 – 20:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:36

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:34 – 12:10
Yamaganda15:22 – 16:57
Gulika Kāla07:23 – 08:58
Varjyam06:19 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:11

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:47 – 07:23 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:23 – 08:58 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:58 – 10:34 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:34 – 12:10 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:10 – 13:46 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:46 – 15:22 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:22 – 16:57 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:57 – 18:33 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:33 – 19:57 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:57 – 21:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:22 – 22:46 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:46 – 00:10 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:10 – 01:34 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:34 – 02:58 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:58 – 04:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:23 – 05:47 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 12.9165°
Longitude: 79.1325°
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 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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862490.27 · 5099.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450955.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8305° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)310.34° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.8305°) · declination 20.31° · EoT 3.47 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:1998-05-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)