पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · July 9, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.26 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
"8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya82.68°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra197.22°TulāSvātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala8.09°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha73.12°MithunaĀrdrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati343.90°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra54.66°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani300.23°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:44 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:08 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 50 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 09 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:10 – 05:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:49 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta18:32 – 18:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:44 – 19:16
Amṛta Kāla18:29 – 20:14
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:06 – 10:42
Yamaganda13:55 – 15:31
Gulika Kāla05:53 – 07:29
Varjyam06:25 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:53 – 07:29 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:29 – 09:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:06 – 10:42 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:42 – 12:18 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:18 – 13:55 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:55 – 15:31 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:31 – 17:07 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:07 – 18:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:44 – 20:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:07 – 21:31 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:31 – 22:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:55 – 00:18 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:18 – 01:42 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:42 – 03:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:06 – 04:29 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:29 – 05:53 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871304.27
Julian Day2459769.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1676°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)117.67°
🪷 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 (24.1676°), declination 22.37°, EoT -4.83 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: 2022-07-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)