पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · February 15, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.43 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना।

जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम्।।3.43।।
"3.43 Thus, O Mighty-in-Arms, knowing Him to be beyond the intellect and, by His help, subduing thy personal egotism, kill thine enemy, Desire, extremely difficult though it be."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.43's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya301.67°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra200.28°TulāViśākhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala244.63°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha318.18°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati262.52°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra344.01°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani272.44°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:37 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:55 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 42 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 17 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:03 – 05:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:38 – 06:37
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:19 – 18:49
Amṛta Kāla18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:32 – 11:00
Yamaganda13:56 – 15:24
Gulika Kāla06:37 – 08:04
Varjyam07:06 – 07:25
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:44

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:37 – 08:04 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:04 – 09:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:32 – 11:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:00 – 12:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:28 – 13:56 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:56 – 15:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:24 – 16:52 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:52 – 18:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:19 – 19:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:52 – 21:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:24 – 22:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:56 – 00:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:28 – 02:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:00 – 03:32 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:32 – 05:04 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:04 – 06:37 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870429.27
Julian Day2458894.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1341°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)255.28°
🪷 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 (24.1341°), declination -12.92°, EoT -14.57 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: 2020-02-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)