पञ्चाङ्ग — Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu · January 29, 2023 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 14.16 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम्।रजसस्तु फलं दुःखमज्ञानं तमसः फलम्।।14.16।।
"14.16 They say the fruit of a meritorious action is spotless and full of purity; the outcome of Passion is misery, and of Ignorance darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya284.68°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra19.29°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala45.23°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha259.36°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati341.35°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra307.93°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani301.41°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 38 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 21 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:13 – 06:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:48 – 06:46
Abhijit Muhūrta12:12 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:32 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta18:12 – 18:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:24 – 18:53
Amṛta Kāla18:09 – 19:54
Niśīta Muhūrta00:12 – 00:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:57 – 18:24
Yamaganda12:35 – 14:03
Gulika Kāla15:30 – 16:57
Varjyam07:15 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:46 – 08:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:14 – 09:41 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:41 – 11:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:08 – 12:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:35 – 14:03 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:03 – 15:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:30 – 16:57 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:57 – 18:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:24 – 19:57 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:57 – 21:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:30 – 23:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:03 – 00:35 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:35 – 02:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:08 – 03:41 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:41 – 05:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:14 – 06:46 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 11.0168°
Longitude: 76.9558°
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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871508.27
Julian Day2459973.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1754°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)91.49°
🪷 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 (24.1754°), declination -18.04°, EoT -13.17 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: 2023-01-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)