पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · February 25, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.24 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम्।

सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः।।3.24।।
"3.24 And if I were to refrain from action, the human race would be ruined; I should lead the world to chaos, and destruction would follow." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya312.27°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra64.57°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala233.51°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha318.36°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.68°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra323.27°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani252.77°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:58 – 05:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:33 – 06:32
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:22 – 18:52
Amṛta Kāla18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:53 – 18:22
Yamaganda12:27 – 13:56
Gulika Kāla15:25 – 16:53
Varjyam07:02 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:18 – 09:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:32 – 08:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:01 – 09:30 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:30 – 10:58 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:58 – 12:27 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:27 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:56 – 15:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:25 – 16:53 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:53 – 18:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:22 – 19:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:53 – 21:25 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:25 – 22:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:56 – 00:27 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:27 – 01:58 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:58 – 03:30 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:30 – 05:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:01 – 06:32 (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)1869709.27
Julian Day2458174.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1066°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)114.63°
🪷 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 (24.1066°), declination -9.17°, EoT -13.70 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: 2018-02-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)