पञ्चाङ्ग — Dubai, UAE · January 28, 2020 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 3.25 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत।

कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्िचकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम्।।3.25।।
"3.25 As the ignorant act, because of their fondness for action, so should the wise act without such attachment, fixing their eyes, O Arjuna, only on the welfare of the world." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.43°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra318.48°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala232.31°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha294.90°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati258.69°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra322.78°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani270.41°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:04 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:00 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:02 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:42 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 55 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 04 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:37 – 06:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:09 – 07:04
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 12:54
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta17:48 – 18:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:00 – 18:27
Amṛta Kāla17:45 – 19:30
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 00:54

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:16 – 16:38
Yamaganda09:48 – 11:10
Gulika Kāla12:32 – 13:54
Varjyam07:31 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta 09:37 – 09:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (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 · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:04 – 08:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:26 – 09:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:48 – 11:10 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:10 – 12:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:32 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:54 – 15:16 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:16 – 16:38 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:38 – 18:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:00 – 19:38 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:38 – 21:16 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:16 – 22:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:54 – 00:32 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:32 – 02:10 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:10 – 03:48 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:48 – 05:26 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:26 – 07:04 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870411.27
Julian Day2458876.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1334°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)38.16°
🪷 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 (24.1334°), declination -18.38°, EoT -12.97 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: 2020-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)