पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · May 12, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: अक्षय तृतीया — Akṣaya Tṛtīyā
"Inexhaustible third"; auspicious for any new venture.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.7 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतनाधृतिः।एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्।।13.7।।
"13.7 Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, sympathy, vitality and the persistent clinging to life, these are in brief the constituents of changing Matter." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla 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)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya27.45°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra49.67°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala21.75°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
बुध Budha27.34°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati55.32°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शुक्र Śukra38.77°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
शनि Śani192.91°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:49 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:31 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:14 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:03 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 41 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 18 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:07 – 04:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:45 – 05:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:19 – 18:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:31 – 19:02
Amṛta Kāla18:16 – 20:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:55 – 18:31
Yamaganda12:10 – 13:45
Gulika Kāla15:20 – 16:55
Varjyam06:21 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:49 – 07:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:24 – 08:59 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:59 – 10:35 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:35 – 12:10 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:10 – 13:45 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:45 – 15:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:20 – 16:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:55 – 18:31 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:31 – 19:55 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:55 – 21:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:20 – 22:45 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:45 – 00:10 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:10 – 01:35 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:35 – 02:59 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:59 – 04:24 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:24 – 05:49 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Tṛtīyā + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867959.27
Julian Day2456424.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0396°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)25.14°
🪷 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 (24.0396°), declination 18.13°, EoT 3.74 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: 2013-05-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)