पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · January 31, 2009 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 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: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya287.31°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra341.11°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala272.34°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha267.65°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati282.47°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra333.26°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani146.77°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:40 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:58 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 34 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 25 Mins 46 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:07 – 05:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:42 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:02 – 18:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:14 – 18:43
Amṛta Kāla17:59 – 19:44
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:33 – 11:00
Yamaganda13:54 – 15:21
Gulika Kāla06:40 – 08:07
Varjyam07:09 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:45

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Kāla06:40 – 08:07 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:07 – 09:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:33 – 11:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:00 – 12:27 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:27 – 13:54 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:54 – 15:21 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:21 – 16:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:47 – 18:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:14 – 19:47 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:47 – 21:21 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:21 – 22:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:54 – 00:27 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:27 – 02:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:00 – 03:33 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:33 – 05:07 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:07 – 06:40 (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 — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5110 · Kali-5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866397.27 · 5110.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454862.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9799° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)56.42° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.9799°) · declination -17.39° · EoT -13.53 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2009-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)