पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · December 25, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.34 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्।

संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते।।2.34।।
"2.34 Men will talk forever of thy disgrace; and to the noble, dishonour is worse than death." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya249.32°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra323.51°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala195.41°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha228.81°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati201.38°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra245.43°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani246.32°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 21 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 38 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:02 – 05:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:36 – 06:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta17:43 – 18:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:55 – 18:23
Amṛta Kāla17:40 – 19:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:58 – 09:23
Yamaganda10:49 – 12:14
Gulika Kāla13:39 – 15:04
Varjyam07:01 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:12 – 09:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:33 – 07:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:58 – 09:23 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:23 – 10:49 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:49 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:14 – 13:39 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:39 – 15:04 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:04 – 16:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:30 – 17:55 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:55 – 19:30 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:30 – 21:04 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:04 – 22:39 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:39 – 00:14 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:14 – 01:49 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:49 – 03:23 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:23 – 04:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:58 – 06:33 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869647.27
Julian Day2458112.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1042°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)78.38°
🪷 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 (24.1042°), declination -23.39°, EoT -0.49 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: 2017-12-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)