पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · December 12, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.37 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः।

महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्।।3.37।।
"3.37 Lord Shri Krishna: It is desire, it is aversion, born of passion. Desire consumes and corrupts everything. It is man's greatest enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya235.54°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra223.73°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala228.20°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha254.00°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati12.03°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra194.06°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani307.63°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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)05:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:02 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 22 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 37 Mins 19 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 Kāla14:59 – 16:24
Yamaganda09:17 – 10:43
Gulika Kāla12:08 – 13:33
Varjyam06:55 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:27 – 07:52 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:52 – 09:17 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:17 – 10:43 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:43 – 12:08 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:08 – 13:33 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:33 – 14:59 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:59 – 16:24 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:24 – 17:49 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:49 – 19:24 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:24 – 20:59 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:59 – 22:33 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:33 – 00:08 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:08 – 01:43 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:43 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:17 – 04:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:52 – 06:27 (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 Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871825.27
Julian Day2460290.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1875°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)347.17°
🪷 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 (24.1875°), declination -23.04°, 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: 2023-12-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)