पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · January 11, 2030 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.42 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्।

एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम्।।6.42।।
"6.42 Or, he may be born in the family of the wise sages, though a birth like this is, indeed, very difficult to obtain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2087 Rudhirodgāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1952 Sādhāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1437
Malayalam Era: 1206
Nanakshahi: 561
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya266.57°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra350.67°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala297.92°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha246.61°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.06°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra258.75°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani23.79°MeṣaBharaṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:39 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:04 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 25 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 34 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:07 – 05:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:42 – 06:39
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta17:52 – 18:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:04 – 18:33
Amṛta Kāla17:49 – 19:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:56 – 12:21
Yamaganda15:13 – 16:38
Gulika Kāla08:04 – 09:30
Varjyam07:07 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 Chala06:39 – 08:04 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:04 – 09:30 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:30 – 10:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:56 – 12:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:21 – 13:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:47 – 15:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:13 – 16:38 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:38 – 18:04 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:04 – 19:38 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:38 – 21:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:13 – 22:47 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:47 – 00:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:21 – 01:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:56 – 03:30 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:30 – 05:04 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:04 – 06:39 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5131
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874047.27
Julian Day2462512.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2725°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)83.35°
🪷 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 (24.2725°), declination -21.82°, EoT -7.89 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: 2030-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)