पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · May 3, 2013 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.18 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः।।12.18।।

"12.18 He to whom friend and foe are alike, who welcomes equally honour and dishonour, heat and cold, pleasure and pain, who is enamoured of nothing," — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1420

Malayalam Era: 1189

Nanakshahi: 544

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	18.74°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra	296.01°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	15.13°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P1
बुध Budha	8.37°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	53.41°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
शुक्र Śukra	27.70°	Meṣa	Kṛttikā P1
शनि Śani	193.58°	Tulā	Svātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	00:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	12:28 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 36 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 23 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:11 – 05:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:49 – 05:52
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:45 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:16 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:17 – 18:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:29 – 19:00
Amṛta Kāla	18:14 – 19:59
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:45 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:36 – 12:10
Yamaganda	15:19 – 16:54
Gulika Kāla	07:27 – 09:01
Varjyam	06:24 – 06:44
Dur Muhūrta	08:49 – 09:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	05:52 – 07:27 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	07:27 – 09:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	09:01 – 10:36 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:36 – 12:10 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:10 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:45 – 15:19 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	15:19 – 16:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	16:54 – 18:29 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	18:29 – 19:54 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	19:54 – 21:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	21:19 – 22:45 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:45 – 00:10 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:10 – 01:36 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:36 – 03:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	03:01 – 04:27 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	04:27 – 05:52 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 12.9165°

Longitude: 79.1325°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867950.27
Julian Day	2456415.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0393°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	274.96°

🪷 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 (24.0393°), declination 15.67°, EoT 3.15 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: 2013-05-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)