पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · January 27, 2021 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 13.20 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि।विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसंभवान्।।13.20।।
"13.20 Know thou further that Nature and God have no beginning; and that differences of character and quality have their origin in Nature only." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.17°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra81.78°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala15.52°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha300.92°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati284.73°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शुक्र Śukra268.64°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani280.54°MakaraŚravaṇa P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:40 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:25 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 32 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:08 – 05:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:42 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta18:00 – 18:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:12 – 18:41
Amṛta Kāla17:57 – 19:42
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:26 – 13:53
Yamaganda08:07 – 09:33
Gulika Kāla11:00 – 12:26
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: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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 Labha06:40 – 08:07 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:07 – 09:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:33 – 11:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:00 – 12:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:26 – 13:53 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:53 – 15:19 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:19 – 16:46 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:46 – 18:12 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:12 – 19:46 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:46 – 21:19 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:19 – 22:53 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:53 – 00:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:26 – 02:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:00 – 03:33 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:33 – 05:07 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:07 – 06:40 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870776.27
Julian Day2459241.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1474°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)157.77°
🪷 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 (24.1474°), declination -18.44°, EoT -12.76 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: 2021-01-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)