पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · December 20, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.10 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
तेषां सततयुक्तानां भजतां प्रीतिपूर्वकम्।

ददामि बुद्धियोगं तं येन मामुपयान्ति ते।।10.10।।
"10.10 To those who are always devout and who worship Me with love, I give the power of discrimination, which leads them to Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya244.00°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra217.80°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala287.40°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha250.34°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.59°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra257.49°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani215.29°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:53 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:44 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 21 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 38 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:34 – 06:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:05 – 14:51
Godhūli Muhūrta17:41 – 18:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:53 – 18:21
Amṛta Kāla17:38 – 19:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:21 – 10:46
Yamaganda13:37 – 15:02
Gulika Kāla06:31 – 07:56
Varjyam06:59 – 07:17
Dur Muhūrta 09:10 – 09:33

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:31 – 07:56 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:56 – 09:21 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:21 – 10:46 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:46 – 12:12 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:12 – 13:37 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:37 – 15:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:02 – 16:27 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:27 – 17:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:53 – 19:27 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:27 – 21:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:02 – 22:37 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:37 – 00:12 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:12 – 01:46 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:46 – 03:21 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:21 – 04:56 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:56 – 06:31 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868546.27
Julian Day2457011.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0621°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)333.38°
🪷 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 (24.0621°), declination -23.42°, EoT 1.85 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: 2014-12-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)