पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · 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

Bhavnagar, Gujarat — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:20 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:55 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:22 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:52 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 09 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 50 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:51 – 06:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:24 – 07:20
Abhijit Muhūrta12:33 – 13:17
Vijaya Muhūrta14:46 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta18:18 – 18:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:30 – 18:58
Amṛta Kāla18:15 – 20:00
Niśīta Muhūrta00:33 – 01:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:06 – 18:30
Yamaganda12:55 – 14:19
Gulika Kāla15:42 – 17:06
Varjyam07:48 – 08:06
Dur Muhūrta 09:56 – 10:19

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 Udveg07:20 – 08:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:44 – 10:08 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:08 – 11:31 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:31 – 12:55 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:55 – 14:19 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:19 – 15:42 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:42 – 17:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:06 – 18:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:30 – 20:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:06 – 21:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:42 – 23:19 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:19 – 00:55 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:55 – 02:31 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:31 – 04:08 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:08 – 05:44 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:44 – 07:20 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 21.7645°
Longitude: 72.1519°
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 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)