पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · January 21, 2029 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 17.26 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सद्भावे साधुभावे च सदित्येतत्प्रयुज्यते।प्रशस्ते कर्मणि तथा सच्छब्दः पार्थ युज्यते।।17.26।।
"17.26 Sat' means Reality or the highest Good, and also, O Arjuna, it is used to mean an action of exceptional merit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2086 Dundubhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1951 Saumya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1436
Malayalam Era: 1205
Nanakshahi: 560
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya277.01°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra347.71°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala165.92°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha266.07°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati182.46°TulāCitrā P3
शुक्र Śukra261.55°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani10.36°MeṣaAśvinī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:40 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:09 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 29 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 30 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:08 – 05:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:43 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:09 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:48

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:43 – 18:09
Yamaganda12:25 – 13:51
Gulika Kāla15:17 – 16:43
Varjyam07:09 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:44

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 Udveg06:40 – 08:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:06 – 09:32 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:32 – 10:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:59 – 12:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:25 – 13:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:51 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:17 – 16:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:43 – 18:09 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:09 – 19:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:43 – 21:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:17 – 22:51 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:51 – 00:25 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:25 – 01:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:59 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:32 – 05:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:06 – 06:40 (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 Year5130
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873692.27
Julian Day2462157.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2589°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)73.31°
🪷 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 (24.2589°), declination -19.87°, EoT -11.26 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: 2029-01-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)