पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · February 10, 2019 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 13.4 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्।स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे श्रृणु।।13.4।।
"13.4 What is called Matter, of what it is composed, whence it came, and why it changes, what the Self is, and what Its power - this I will now briefly set forth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya296.88°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra353.19°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala2.64°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha304.86°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati235.11°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra252.58°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani261.71°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:38 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:05 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 39 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 20 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:05 – 05:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:40 – 06:38
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:06 – 18:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:18 – 18:47
Amṛta Kāla18:03 – 19:48
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:50 – 18:18
Yamaganda12:28 – 13:56
Gulika Kāla15:23 – 16:50
Varjyam07:07 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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 · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:38 – 08:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:06 – 09:33 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:33 – 11:01 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:01 – 12:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:28 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:56 – 15:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:23 – 16:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:50 – 18:18 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:18 – 19:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:50 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:23 – 22:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:56 – 00:28 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:28 – 02:01 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:01 – 03:33 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:33 – 05:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:06 – 06:38 (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 Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870059.27
Julian Day2458524.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1200°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)60.25°
🪷 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 (24.1200°), declination -14.50°, EoT -14.55 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: 2019-02-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)