पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · February 19, 2021 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।

"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda

Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava

Bengali Saṁvat: 1428

Malayalam Era: 1197

Nanakshahi: 552

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Kṛttikā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Indra
करण (Karaṇa)	Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	306.46°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra	28.43°	Meṣa	Kṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	28.10°	Meṣa	Kṛttikā P1
बुध Budha	286.79°	Makara	Śravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	290.16°	Makara	Śravaṇa P4
शुक्र Śukra	297.46°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani	283.23°	Makara	Śravaṇa P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	11:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 46 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 13 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:01 – 05:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:36 – 06:35
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:04 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:26 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:21 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla	18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:04 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:00 – 12:28
Yamaganda	15:24 – 16:53
Gulika Kāla	08:03 – 09:31
Varjyam	07:04 – 07:23
Dur Muhūrta	09:20 – 09:43

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	06:35 – 08:03 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	08:03 – 09:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	09:31 – 11:00 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	11:00 – 12:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:28 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:56 – 15:24 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	15:24 – 16:53 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	16:53 – 18:21 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	18:21 – 19:53 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	19:53 – 21:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	21:24 – 22:56 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:56 – 00:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:28 – 02:00 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	02:00 – 03:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	03:31 – 05:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	05:03 – 06:35 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 12.9165°

Longitude: 79.1325°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Saptamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870799.27
Julian Day	2459264.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1483°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	83.61°

🪷 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 (24.1483°), declination -11.26°, EoT -14.37 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: 2021-02-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)