पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · October 1, 2004 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: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.36 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः।

अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।
"3.36 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Tell me, what is it that drives a man to sin, even against his will and as if by compulsion?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya164.29°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra14.37°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala159.05°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha160.43°KanyāHasta P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati157.62°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra122.92°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani92.00°KarkaPunarvasu P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:47 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:18 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 08 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:26 – 05:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:02 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:51
Godhūli Muhūrta17:51 – 18:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:03 – 18:33
Amṛta Kāla17:48 – 19:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:32 – 12:02
Yamaganda15:03 – 16:33
Gulika Kāla07:32 – 09:02
Varjyam06:32 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:14

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:02 – 07:32 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:32 – 09:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:02 – 10:32 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:32 – 12:02 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:02 – 13:32 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:32 – 15:03 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:03 – 16:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:33 – 18:03 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:03 – 19:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:33 – 21:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:03 – 22:32 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:32 – 00:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:02 – 01:32 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:32 – 03:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:02 – 04:32 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:32 – 06:02 (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 Year5106 · Kali-5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864814.27 · 5105.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453279.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9193° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)212.16° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (23.9193°) · declination -3.25° · EoT 11.17 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:2004-10-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)