पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · September 3, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: इन्दिरा एकादशी — Indirā Ekādaśī
Falls in Pitṛ Pakṣa; liberates ancestors from naraka.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.27 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
श्वशुरान्सुहृदश्चैव सेनयोरुभयोरपि।

तान्समीक्ष्य स कौन्तेयः सर्वान्बन्धूनवस्थितान्।।1.27।।
"1.27 Fathers-in-law and benefactors, arrayed on both sides. Arjuna then gazed at all those kinsmen before him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya136.62°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra88.04°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala147.81°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha160.80°KanyāHasta P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati301.24°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra176.50°KanyāCitrā P1
शनि Śani283.89°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 20 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 39 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:23 – 05:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:00 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta18:11 – 18:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:23 – 18:54
Amṛta Kāla18:08 – 19:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:40 – 12:12
Yamaganda15:18 – 16:50
Gulika Kāla07:35 – 09:07
Varjyam06:33 – 06:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:02 – 07:35 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:35 – 09:07 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:07 – 10:40 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:40 – 12:12 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:12 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:45 – 15:18 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:18 – 16:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:50 – 18:23 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:23 – 19:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:50 – 21:18 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:18 – 22:45 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:45 – 00:12 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:12 – 01:40 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:40 – 03:07 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:07 – 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 Ekādaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870995.27
Julian Day2459460.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1557°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)311.45°
🪷 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 (24.1557°), declination 7.52°, EoT 1.15 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: 2021-09-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)