पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · October 12, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.19 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्।

उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते।।2.19।।
"2.19 He who thinks that the Spirit kills, and he who thinks of It as killed, are both ignorant. The Spirit kills not, nor is It killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya174.78°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra250.50°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala173.17°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha169.65°KanyāHasta P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati298.21°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra220.58°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani282.76°MakaraŚravaṇa P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:03 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:56 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:22 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:42 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 47 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:28 – 05:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:03 – 06:03
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:44 – 18:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:56 – 18:26
Amṛta Kāla17:41 – 19:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:58 – 16:27
Yamaganda09:01 – 10:30
Gulika Kāla11:59 – 13:28
Varjyam06:32 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:49 – 09:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:03 – 07:32 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:32 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:01 – 10:30 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:30 – 11:59 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:59 – 13:28 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:28 – 14:58 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:58 – 16:27 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:27 – 17:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:56 – 19:27 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:27 – 20:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:58 – 22:28 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:28 – 23:59 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:59 – 01:30 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:30 – 03:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:01 – 04:32 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:32 – 06:03 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871034.27
Julian Day2459499.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1572°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)73.14°
🪷 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 (24.1572°), declination -7.42°, EoT 14.22 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: 2021-10-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)