पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · January 31, 2016 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 2.41 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन।

बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम्।।2.41।।
"2.41 By its means, the straying intellect becomes steadied in the contemplation of one object only; whereas the minds of the irresolute stray into bypaths innumerable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya286.50°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra184.45°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala200.17°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha262.07°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.61°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra254.54°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani229.75°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

Atlanta, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-5)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:36 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:06 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:51 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:30 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:36 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 30 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 29 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:12 – 06:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:43 – 07:36
Abhijit Muhūrta12:30 – 13:12
Vijaya Muhūrta14:36 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta17:54 – 18:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:06 – 18:33
Amṛta Kāla17:51 – 19:36
Niśīta Muhūrta00:30 – 01:12

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:48 – 18:06
Yamaganda12:51 – 14:10
Gulika Kāla15:29 – 16:48
Varjyam08:02 – 08:19
Dur Muhūrta 10:03 – 10:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:36 – 08:55 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:55 – 10:13 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:13 – 11:32 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:32 – 12:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:51 – 14:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:10 – 15:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:29 – 16:48 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:48 – 18:06 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:06 – 19:48 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:48 – 21:29 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:29 – 23:10 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:10 – 00:51 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:51 – 02:32 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:32 – 04:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:13 – 05:55 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:55 – 07:36 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 33.749°
Longitude: -84.388°
Timezone: UTC+-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 Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868953.27
Julian Day2457418.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0776°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)260.21°
🪷 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 (24.0776°), declination -17.58°, EoT -13.53 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: 2016-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)