पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · February 23, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.8 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय।निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः।।12.8।।
"12.8 Then let thy mind cling only to Me, let thy intellect abide in Me; and without doubt thou shalt live hereafter in Me alone." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya310.52°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra267.32°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala354.75°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha300.64°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati178.13°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra347.22°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani242.08°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 48 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 11 Mins 15 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:59 – 05:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:34 – 06:33
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:22 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:56 – 15:25
Yamaganda06:33 – 08:02
Gulika Kāla09:30 – 10:59
Varjyam07:03 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:18 – 09:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:33 – 08:02 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:02 – 09:30 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:30 – 10:59 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:59 – 12:27 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:27 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:56 – 15:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:25 – 16:53 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:53 – 18:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:22 – 19:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:53 – 21:25 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:25 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:56 – 00:27 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:27 – 01:59 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:59 – 03:30 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:30 – 05:02 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:02 – 06:33 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869342.27
Julian Day2457807.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0925°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)316.13°
🪷 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 (24.0925°), declination -9.82°, EoT -13.97 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: 2017-02-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)