पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · February 6, 2028 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 6.38 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति।

अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।6.38।।
"6.38 Having failed in both, my Lord, is he without hope, like a riven cloud having no support, lost on the spiritual road?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya292.51°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra49.86°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala301.66°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha283.98°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati152.12°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra333.73°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani358.52°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:39 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:42 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 37 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 22 Mins 40 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:06 – 05:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:41 – 06:39
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta18:04 – 18:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:16 – 18:45
Amṛta Kāla18:01 – 19:46
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:49 – 18:16
Yamaganda12:28 – 13:55
Gulika Kāla15:22 – 16:49
Varjyam07:08 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:39 – 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 – 13:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:55 – 15:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:22 – 16:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:49 – 18:16 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:16 – 19:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:49 – 21:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:22 – 22:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:55 – 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 – 06:39 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ekādaśī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873342.27
Julian Day2461807.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2455°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)120.10°
🪷 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 (24.2455°), declination -15.81°, EoT -14.30 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: 2028-02-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)