पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · December 11, 2011 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.56 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः।मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्।।18.56।।
"18.56 Relying on Me in all his action and doing them for My sake, he attains, by My Grace, Eternal and Unchangeable Life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.56's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya234.61°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra59.55°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala139.23°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha220.42°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.58°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra263.81°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani182.39°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:49 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 22 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 37 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:55 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:29 – 06:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta17:37 – 18:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:49 – 18:17
Amṛta Kāla17:34 – 19:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:30

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:24 – 17:49
Yamaganda12:07 – 13:33
Gulika Kāla14:58 – 16:24
Varjyam06:54 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:26 – 07:51 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:51 – 09:17 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:17 – 10:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:42 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:07 – 13:33 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:33 – 14:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:58 – 16:24 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:24 – 17:49 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:49 – 19:24 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:24 – 20:58 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:58 – 22:33 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:33 – 00:07 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:07 – 01:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:42 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:17 – 04:51 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:51 – 06:26 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867441.27
Julian Day2455906.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0198°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)185.08°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0198°), declination -22.95°, EoT 5.99 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2011-12-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)