पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · May 20, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.23 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात्।

कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः।।5.23।।
"5.23 He who, before he leaves his body, learns to surmount the promptings of desire and anger is a saint and is happy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya34.89°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra97.02°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala277.10°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha16.20°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati202.70°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra66.23°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani254.12°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:47 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:33 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 45 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 14 Mins 32 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:05 – 04:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta18:21 – 18:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:33 – 19:05
Amṛta Kāla18:18 – 20:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:57 – 18:33
Yamaganda12:10 – 13:46
Gulika Kāla15:21 – 16:57
Varjyam06:19 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:47 – 07:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:23 – 08:59 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:59 – 10:34 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:34 – 12:10 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:10 – 13:46 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:46 – 15:21 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:21 – 16:57 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:57 – 18:33 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:33 – 19:57 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:57 – 21:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:21 – 22:46 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:46 – 00:10 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:10 – 01:34 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:34 – 02:59 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:59 – 04:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:23 – 05:47 (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 Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869793.27
Julian Day2458258.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1098°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)59.52°
🪷 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 (24.1098°), declination 19.93°, EoT 3.60 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: 2018-05-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)