पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · January 2, 2033 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 18.38 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्।।18.38।।
"18.38 That which as first is like nectar, because the senses revel in their objects, but in the end acts like poison - that pleasure arises from Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2090 Akṣaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1955 Pramādī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1440
Malayalam Era: 1209
Nanakshahi: 564
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya257.63°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra265.90°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala194.48°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha250.75°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati282.27°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra304.22°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani68.46°MithunaĀrdrā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:36 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:59 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 22 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 37 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:05 – 05:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:39 – 06:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:47 – 18:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:59 – 18:28
Amṛta Kāla17:44 – 19:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:34 – 17:59
Yamaganda12:18 – 13:43
Gulika Kāla15:08 – 16:34
Varjyam07:05 – 07:23
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:38

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:36 – 08:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:02 – 09:27 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:27 – 10:52 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:52 – 12:18 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:18 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:43 – 15:08 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:08 – 16:34 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:34 – 17:59 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:59 – 19:34 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:34 – 21:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:08 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:43 – 00:18 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:18 – 01:52 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:52 – 03:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:27 – 05:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:02 – 06:36 (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 Year5134
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1875134.27
Julian Day2463599.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.3140°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)6.47°
🪷 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 (24.3140°), declination -22.90°, EoT -4.15 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: 2033-01-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)