पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · April 4, 2015 CE

Also observed today

मीन सङ्क्रान्ति · Mīna SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 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: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka

Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha

Bengali Saṁvat: 1422

Malayalam Era: 1191

Nanakshahi: 546

Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Hasta Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	349.89°	Mīna	Revatī P1
चन्द्र Candra	164.83°	Kanyā	Hasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	8.16°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
बुध Budha	343.21°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	107.78°	Karka	Aśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra	26.81°	Meṣa	Kṛttikā P1
शनि Śani	220.29°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:17 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	17:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	05:56 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 17 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 43 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:30 – 05:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:07 – 06:08
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:52 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:20 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:13 – 18:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:25 – 18:56
Amṛta Kāla	18:10 – 19:55
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:52 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	09:13 – 10:45
Yamaganda	13:49 – 15:21
Gulika Kāla	06:08 – 07:40
Varjyam	06:39 – 06:59
Dur Muhūrta	09:00 – 09:25

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: North-West

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	06:08 – 07:40 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	07:40 – 09:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	09:13 – 10:45 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:45 – 12:17 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	12:17 – 13:49 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:49 – 15:21 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	15:21 – 16:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	16:53 – 18:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	18:25 – 19:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	19:53 – 21:21 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	21:21 – 22:49 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:49 – 00:17 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	00:17 – 01:45 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:45 – 03:13 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	03:13 – 04:40 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	04:40 – 06:08 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 12.9165°

Longitude: 79.1325°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Hasta alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868651.27
Julian Day	2457116.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0661°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	175.09°

🪷 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 (24.0661°), declination 5.51°, EoT -3.40 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: 2015-04-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)