पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · December 11, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.31 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम्।

झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी।।10.31।।
"10.31 I am the Wind among purifiers, the King Rama among warriors; I am the Crocodile among the fishes, and I am the Ganges among rivers." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya235.34°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra13.44°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala299.37°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha255.93°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.82°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra279.65°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani234.64°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā 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)15:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 22 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 37 Mins 16 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
Varjyam06:55 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

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 Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869268.27
Julian Day2457733.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0897°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)140.78°
🪷 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 (24.0897°), declination -23.02°, 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: 2016-12-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)