पञ्चाङ्ग — Suva, Fiji · February 8, 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 3.36 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः।

अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।
"3.36 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Tell me, what is it that drives a man to sin, even against his will and as if by compulsion?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.36'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 Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya294.59°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra97.26°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala239.83°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha312.16°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati261.06°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra335.83°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani271.67°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

Suva, Fiji — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · NZST/FJT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:57 NZST/FJT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:45 NZST/FJT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 NZST/FJT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:36 NZST/FJT
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:47 NZST/FJT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 48 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 11 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:14 – 05:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:53 – 05:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta18:33 – 18:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:45 – 19:17
Amṛta Kāla18:30 – 20:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:09 – 10:45
Yamaganda13:57 – 15:33
Gulika Kāla05:57 – 07:33
Varjyam06:29 – 06:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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 · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:57 – 07:33 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:33 – 09:09 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:09 – 10:45 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:45 – 12:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:21 – 13:57 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:57 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:33 – 17:09 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:09 – 18:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:45 – 20:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:09 – 21:33 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:33 – 22:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:57 – 00:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:21 – 01:45 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:45 – 03:09 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:09 – 04:33 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:33 – 05:57 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -18.1248°
Longitude: 178.4501°
Timezone: UTC+12

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870422.27
Julian Day2458887.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1338°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)162.19°
🪷 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 (24.1338°), declination -15.21°, EoT -14.45 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: 2020-02-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)