पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · April 17, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.20 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम्।

स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः।।5.20।।
"5.20 He who knows and lives in the Absolute remains unmoved and unperturbed; he is not elated by pleasure or depressed by pain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya3.36°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra297.02°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala287.59°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha345.16°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati271.94°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra46.60°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani277.32°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 26 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 33 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:20 – 05:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:58 – 06:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:15 – 18:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:27 – 18:58
Amṛta Kāla18:12 – 19:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:40 – 12:13
Yamaganda15:20 – 16:53
Gulika Kāla07:33 – 09:07
Varjyam06:31 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:00 – 07:33 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:33 – 09:07 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:07 – 10:40 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:40 – 12:13 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:13 – 13:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:47 – 15:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:20 – 16:53 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:53 – 18:27 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:27 – 19:53 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:53 – 21:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:20 – 22:47 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:47 – 00:13 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:13 – 01:40 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:40 – 03:07 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:07 – 04:33 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:33 – 06:00 (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 Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870491.27
Julian Day2458956.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1365°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)291.02°
🪷 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 (24.1365°), declination 10.58°, EoT 0.26 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: 2020-04-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)