पञ्चाङ्ग — Dubai, UAE · February 6, 2014 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 2.18 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः।

अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत।।2.18।।
"2.18 The material bodies which this Eternal, Indestructible, Immeasurable Spirit inhabits are all finite. Therefore fight, O Valiant Man!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya293.11°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra14.10°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala180.17°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha309.07°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati77.04°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra259.66°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani208.49°TulāViśākhā P3

Dubai, UAE — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · GST/MUT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:00 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:07 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:27 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:27 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 06 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 53 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:31 – 06:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:04 – 07:00
Abhijit Muhūrta12:11 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta17:55 – 18:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:07 – 18:34
Amṛta Kāla17:52 – 19:37
Niśīta Muhūrta00:11 – 00:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:57 – 15:20
Yamaganda07:00 – 08:23
Gulika Kāla09:46 – 11:10
Varjyam07:28 – 07:45
Dur Muhūrta 09:35 – 09:58

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:00 – 08:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:23 – 09:46 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:46 – 11:10 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:10 – 12:33 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:33 – 13:57 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:57 – 15:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:20 – 16:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:43 – 18:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:07 – 19:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:43 – 21:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:20 – 22:57 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:57 – 00:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:33 – 02:10 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:10 – 03:46 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:46 – 05:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:23 – 07:00 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 25.2048°
Longitude: 55.2708°
Timezone: UTC+4

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Saptamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868229.27
Julian Day2456694.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0500°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)78.19°
🪷 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 (24.0500°), declination -15.69°, EoT -14.30 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: 2014-02-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)