पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · July 9, 2017 CE

Also observed today

व्यास पूर्णिमा · Vyāsa Pūrṇimā (= Guru Pūrṇimā)Pan-Hindu
मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति · Mithuna SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 17.18 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत्।क्रियते तदिह प्रोक्तं राजसं चलमध्रुवम्।।17.18।।

"17.18 Austerity coupled with hypocrisy or performed for the sake of self-glorification, popularity or vanity, comes from Passion, and its result is always doubtful and temporary." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 17.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1424

Malayalam Era: 1193

Nanakshahi: 548

Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Indra
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	82.95°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra	261.47°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	88.24°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P3
बुध Budha	101.11°	Karka	Puṣya P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	170.01°	Kanyā	Hasta P4
शुक्र Śukra	40.09°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P1
शनि Śani	238.59°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:44 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:18 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	18:32 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	05:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 50 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 09 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:10 – 05:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:49 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:53 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:27 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:32 – 18:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:44 – 19:16
Amṛta Kāla	18:29 – 20:14
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:53 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	17:07 – 18:44
Yamaganda	12:18 – 13:55
Gulika Kāla	15:31 – 17:07
Varjyam	06:25 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta	08:53 – 09:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	05:53 – 07:29 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	07:29 – 09:06 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	09:06 – 10:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:42 – 12:18 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	12:18 – 13:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:55 – 15:31 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	15:31 – 17:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	17:07 – 18:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	18:44 – 20:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	20:07 – 21:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	21:31 – 22:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:55 – 00:18 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	00:18 – 01:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:42 – 03:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	03:06 – 04:29 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	04:29 – 05:53 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 12.9165°

Longitude: 79.1325°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā 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	5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869478.27
Julian Day	2457943.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0977°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	178.88°

🪷 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 (24.0977°), declination 22.35°, EoT -4.83 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: 2017-07-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)