पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · August 23, 2002 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: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.39 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
एषा तेऽभिहिता सांख्ये बुद्धिर्योगे त्विमां शृणु।

बुद्ध्यायुक्तो यया पार्थ कर्मबन्धं प्रहास्यसि।।2.39।।
"2.39 I have told thee the philosophy of Knowledge. Now listen and I will explain the philosophy of Action, by means of which, O Arjuna, thou shalt break through the bondage of all action." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.39's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya125.87°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra307.00°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala121.92°SiṃhaMaghā P1
बुध Budha151.33°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati100.65°KarkaPuṣya P3
शुक्र Śukra171.83°KanyāHasta P4
शनि Śani62.99°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:28 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 28 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 31 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:22 – 05:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:59 – 06:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta18:18 – 18:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:30 – 19:01
Amṛta Kāla18:15 – 20:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:41

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:42 – 12:16
Yamaganda15:23 – 16:56
Gulika Kāla07:35 – 09:09
Varjyam06:33 – 06:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Chala06:01 – 07:35 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:35 – 09:09 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:09 – 10:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:42 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:16 – 13:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:49 – 15:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:23 – 16:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:56 – 18:30 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:30 – 19:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:56 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:23 – 22:49 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:49 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:16 – 01:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:42 – 03:09 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:09 – 04:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:35 – 06:01 (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 Year5104 · Kali-5104
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864044.27 · 5103.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452509.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8899° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)182.88° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.8899°) · declination 11.55° · EoT -2.27 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:2002-08-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)