पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · May 7, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.26 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
मां च योऽव्यभिचारेण भक्ितयोगेन सेवते।स गुणान्समतीत्यैतान् ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते।।14.26।।
"14.26 And he who serves Me and only Me, with unfaltering devotion, shall overcome the Qualities, and become One with the Eternal." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya22.59°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra159.32°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala46.39°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha0.36°MeṣaAśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati170.34°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra340.27°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani242.78°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:18 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 38 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 21 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:09 – 05:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:47 – 05:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:17 – 18:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:29 – 19:01
Amṛta Kāla18:14 – 19:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:55 – 18:29
Yamaganda12:10 – 13:45
Gulika Kāla15:20 – 16:55
Varjyam06:22 – 06:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:48 – 09:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:50 – 07:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:25 – 09:00 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:00 – 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 – 18:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:29 – 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 – 03:00 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:00 – 04:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:25 – 05:50 (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 Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869415.27
Julian Day2457880.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0953°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)135.47°
🪷 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 (24.0953°), declination 16.82°, EoT 3.51 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: 2017-05-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)