पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · June 10, 2019 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 17.18 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत्।क्रियते तदिह प्रोक्तं राजसं चलमध्रुवम्।।17.18।।

"17.18 Austerity coupled with hypocrisy or performed for the sake of self-glorification, popularity or vanity, comes from Passion, and its result is always doubtful and temporary." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 17.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi

Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri

Bengali Saṁvat: 1426

Malayalam Era: 1195

Nanakshahi: 550

Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	54.79°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
चन्द्र Candra	142.07°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	81.66°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
बुध Budha	74.78°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	235.42°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	36.82°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P4
शनि Śani	265.05°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:47 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:39 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:13 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	11:54 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 52 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 07 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:04 – 04:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:42 – 05:47
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:47 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:21 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:27 – 18:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:39 – 19:11
Amṛta Kāla	18:24 – 20:09
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:47 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	07:23 – 09:00
Yamaganda	10:36 – 12:13
Gulika Kāla	13:49 – 15:26
Varjyam	06:19 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta	08:47 – 09:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	05:47 – 07:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	07:23 – 09:00 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	09:00 – 10:36 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:36 – 12:13 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	12:13 – 13:49 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:49 – 15:26 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	15:26 – 17:02 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	17:02 – 18:39 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	18:39 – 20:02 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	20:02 – 21:26 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	21:26 – 22:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:49 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	00:13 – 01:36 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:36 – 03:00 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	03:00 – 04:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	04:23 – 05:47 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 12.9165°

Longitude: 79.1325°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870179.27
Julian Day	2458644.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1245°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	86.47°

🪷 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 (24.1245°), declination 22.97°, EoT 0.81 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: 2019-06-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)