पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · August 31, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.20 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः।

यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति।।8.20।।
"8.20 In truth, therefore, there is the Eternal Unmanifest, which is beyond and above the Unmanifest Spirit of Creation, which is never destroyed when all these being perish." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya133.50°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra5.62°MeṣaAśvinī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala274.32°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha115.88°KarkaAśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati202.83°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra178.37°KanyāCitrā P2
शनि Śani248.35°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 23 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 36 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:23 – 05:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:00 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:13 – 18:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:25 – 18:56
Amṛta Kāla18:10 – 19:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:40 – 12:13
Yamaganda15:19 – 16:52
Gulika Kāla07:35 – 09:08
Varjyam06:33 – 06:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:02 – 07:35 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:35 – 09:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:08 – 10:40 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:40 – 12:13 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:13 – 13:46 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:46 – 15:19 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:19 – 16:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:52 – 18:25 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:25 – 19:52 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:52 – 21:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:19 – 22:46 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:46 – 00:13 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:13 – 01:40 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:40 – 03:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:08 – 04:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:35 – 06:02 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869896.27
Julian Day2458361.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1137°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)234.79°
🪷 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 (24.1137°), declination 8.71°, EoT 0.15 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: 2018-08-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)