पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · December 26, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.22 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न मे पार्थास्ति कर्तव्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु किञ्चन।

नानवाप्तमवाप्तव्यं वर्त एव च कर्मणि।।3.22।।
"3.22 There is nothing in this universe, O Arjuna, that I am compelled to do, nor anything for Me to attain; yet I am persistently active." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya250.32°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra147.50°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala224.42°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
बुध Budha264.90°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati305.24°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra271.11°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani287.16°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 22 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 38 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:02 – 05:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:37 – 06:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:54
Godhūli Muhūrta17:43 – 18:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:55 – 18:24
Amṛta Kāla17:40 – 19:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:30 – 17:55
Yamaganda12:14 – 13:40
Gulika Kāla15:05 – 16:30
Varjyam07:02 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:33 – 07:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:59 – 09:24 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:24 – 10:49 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:49 – 12:14 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:14 – 13:40 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:40 – 15:05 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:05 – 16:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:30 – 17:55 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:55 – 19:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:30 – 21:05 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:05 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:40 – 00:14 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:14 – 01:49 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:49 – 03:24 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:24 – 04:59 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:59 – 06:33 (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 Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871109.27
Julian Day2459574.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1601°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)260.76°
🪷 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 (24.1601°), declination -23.36°, EoT -0.96 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: 2021-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)