पञ्चाङ्ग — Dubai, UAE · January 20, 2019 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 12.3 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते।सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम्।।12.3।।
"12.3 Those who worship Me as the Indestructible, the Undefinable, the Omnipresent, the Unthinkable, the Primeval, the Immutable and the Eternal;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya275.55°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra78.96°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala348.40°MīnaRevatī P1
बुध Budha268.81°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati231.44°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra228.90°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani259.39°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:06 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:54 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:35 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:12 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 48 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 11 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:39 – 06:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:12 – 07:06
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta17:42 – 18:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:54 – 18:21
Amṛta Kāla17:39 – 19:24
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:33 – 17:54
Yamaganda12:30 – 13:51
Gulika Kāla15:12 – 16:33
Varjyam07:33 – 07:50
Dur Muhūrta 09:37 – 09:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:06 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:27 – 09:48 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:48 – 11:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:09 – 12:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:30 – 13:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:51 – 15:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:12 – 16:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:33 – 17:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:54 – 19:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:33 – 21:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:12 – 22:51 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:51 – 00:30 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:30 – 02:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:09 – 03:48 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:48 – 05:27 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:27 – 07:06 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

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 Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870038.27
Julian Day2458503.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1191°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)163.40°
🪷 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 (24.1191°), declination -20.22°, EoT -10.96 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: 2019-01-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)