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

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.8 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः।

शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः।।3.8।।
"3.8 Do thy duty as prescribed, for action for duty's sake is superior to inaction. Even the maintenance of the body would be impossible if man remained inactive." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya236.07°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra337.57°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala214.58°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha242.89°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati302.82°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra270.97°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani285.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:49 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:57 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 22 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 37 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:56 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta17:37 – 18:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:49 – 18:18
Amṛta Kāla17:34 – 19:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:24 – 17:49
Yamaganda12:08 – 13:33
Gulika Kāla14:59 – 16:24
Varjyam06:55 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:27 – 07:52 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:52 – 09:17 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:17 – 10:43 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:43 – 12:08 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:08 – 13:33 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:33 – 14:59 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:59 – 16:24 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:24 – 17:49 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:49 – 19:24 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:24 – 20:59 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:59 – 22:33 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:33 – 00:08 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:08 – 01:43 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:43 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:17 – 04:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:52 – 06:27 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871095.27
Julian Day2459560.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1596°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)98.37°
🪷 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 (24.1596°), declination -23.08°, EoT 5.54 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: 2021-12-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)