पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · January 30, 2018 CE

🪷 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 2.70 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं

समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत्।

तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे

स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी।।2.70।।
"2.70 He attains Peace, into whom desires flow as rivers into the ocean, which though brimming with water remains ever the same; not he whom desire carries away." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.70's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya285.98°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra84.62°MithunaPunarvasu P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala217.75°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha273.29°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati206.72°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra290.70°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani250.38°DhanuMūla P4

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)16:37 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:25 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 33 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 26 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:08 – 05:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:42 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 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 Kāla15:20 – 16:47
Yamaganda09:33 – 11:00
Gulika Kāla12:27 – 13:54
Varjyam07:09 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:40 – 08:07 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:07 – 09:33 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:33 – 11:00 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:00 – 12:27 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:27 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:54 – 15:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:20 – 16:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:47 – 18:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:14 – 19:47 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:47 – 21:20 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:20 – 22:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:54 – 00:27 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:27 – 02:00 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:00 – 03:33 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:33 – 05:07 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:07 – 06:40 (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-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869683.27
Julian Day2458148.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1056°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)160.23°
🪷 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 (24.1056°), declination -17.72°, EoT -13.36 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: 2018-01-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)