पञ्चाङ्ग — Houston, USA · January 30, 2029 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 18.7 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते।मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः।।18.7।।
"18.7 It is not right to give up actions which are obligatory; and if they are misunderstood, it is the result of sheer ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2086 Dundubhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1951 Saumya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1436
Malayalam Era: 1205
Nanakshahi: 560
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya286.16°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra103.36°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala167.81°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha263.09°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati182.91°TulāCitrā P3
शुक्र Śukra272.83°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani10.69°MeṣaAśvinī P4

Houston, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:13 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:57 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:37 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:10 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 44 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 15 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:47 – 06:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:19 – 07:13
Abhijit Muhūrta12:13 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta17:45 – 18:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:57 – 18:24
Amṛta Kāla17:42 – 19:27
Niśīta Muhūrta00:13 – 00:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:16 – 16:37
Yamaganda09:54 – 11:14
Gulika Kāla12:35 – 13:55
Varjyam07:39 – 07:57
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (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):
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 Roga07:13 – 08:33 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:33 – 09:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:54 – 11:14 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:14 – 12:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:35 – 13:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:55 – 15:16 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:16 – 16:37 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:37 – 17:57 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:57 – 19:37 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:37 – 21:16 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:16 – 22:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:55 – 00:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:35 – 02:14 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:14 – 03:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:54 – 05:33 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:33 – 07:13 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 29.7604°
Longitude: -95.3698°
Timezone: UTC+-6

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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5130
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873701.27
Julian Day2462166.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2592°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)175.88°
🪷 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 (24.2592°), declination -17.62°, EoT -13.36 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: 2029-01-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)