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

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.2 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

कुतस्त्वा कश्मलमिदं विषमे समुपस्थितम्।

अनार्यजुष्टमस्वर्ग्यमकीर्तिकरमर्जुन।।2.2।।
"2.2 "The Lord said: My beloved friend! Why yield, just on the eve of battle, to this weakness which does no credit to those who call themselves Aryans, and only brings them infamy and bars against them the gates of heaven?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya216.83°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
चन्द्र Candra266.50°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala175.33°KanyāCitrā P1
बुध Budha238.58°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati195.05°TulāSvātī P3
शुक्र Śukra205.20°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani242.62°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:45 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:38 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:01 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 28 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 31 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:45 – 05:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:19 – 06:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta17:33 – 17:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:45 – 18:13
Amṛta Kāla17:30 – 19:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:27 – 14:53
Yamaganda06:16 – 07:43
Gulika Kāla09:09 – 10:35
Varjyam06:45 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:57 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (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):
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 Śubha06:16 – 07:43 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:43 – 09:09 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:09 – 10:35 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:35 – 12:01 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:01 – 13:27 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:27 – 14:53 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:53 – 16:19 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:19 – 17:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:45 – 19:19 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:19 – 20:53 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:53 – 22:27 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:27 – 00:01 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:01 – 01:35 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:35 – 03:09 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:09 – 04:43 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:43 – 06:16 (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 Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869615.27
Julian Day2458080.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1030°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)53.43°
🪷 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 (24.1030°), declination -20.34°, EoT 12.85 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: 2017-11-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)