पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · January 6, 2032 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 7.19 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते।

वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः।।7.19।।
"7.19 After many lives, at last the wise man realises Me as I am. A man so enlightened that he sees God everywhere is very difficult to find." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2089 Krodhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1954 Paridhāvi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1439
Malayalam Era: 1208
Nanakshahi: 563
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya260.95°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra172.38°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala310.95°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha244.71°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati257.14°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra224.57°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani53.07°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:38 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 23 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 36 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:06 – 05:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:41 – 06:38
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta17:49 – 18:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:01 – 18:30
Amṛta Kāla17:46 – 19:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:10 – 16:36
Yamaganda09:28 – 10:54
Gulika Kāla12:19 – 13:45
Varjyam07:06 – 07:24
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:38 – 08:03 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:03 – 09:28 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:28 – 10:54 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:54 – 12:19 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:19 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:45 – 15:10 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:10 – 16:36 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:36 – 18:01 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:01 – 19:36 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:36 – 21:10 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:10 – 22:45 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:45 – 00:19 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:19 – 01:54 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:54 – 03:28 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:28 – 05:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:03 – 06:38 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Citrā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5133
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874772.27
Julian Day2463237.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.3002°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)274.95°
🪷 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 (24.3002°), declination -22.56°, EoT -5.88 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: 2032-01-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)