पञ्चाङ्ग — Dubai, UAE · February 22, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.21 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः।

स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते।।3.21।।
"3.21 For whatever a great man does, others imitate. People conform to the standard which he has set." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya309.25°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra22.61°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala231.71°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha312.73°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.55°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra319.52°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani252.53°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:49 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:17 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:51 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:02 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 28 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 31 Mins 38 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:17 – 06:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:51 – 06:49
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:05 – 18:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:17 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla18:02 – 19:47
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 00:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:59 – 15:25
Yamaganda06:49 – 08:15
Gulika Kāla09:41 – 11:07
Varjyam07:18 – 07:36
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (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 Śubha06:49 – 08:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:15 – 09:41 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:41 – 11:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:07 – 12:33 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:33 – 13:59 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:59 – 15:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:25 – 16:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:51 – 18:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:17 – 19:51 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:51 – 21:25 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:25 – 22:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:59 – 00:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:33 – 02:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:07 – 03:41 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:41 – 05:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:15 – 06:49 (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 Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869706.27
Julian Day2458171.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1064°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)75.48°
🪷 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 (24.1064°), declination -10.27°, EoT -14.08 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: 2018-02-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)