पञ्चाङ्ग — Kollam, Kerala · January 25, 2026 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 5.26 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम्।

अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम्।।5.26।।
"5.26 Saints who know their Selves, who control their minds, and feel neither desire nor anger, find Eternal Bliss everywhere." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya280.85°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra355.86°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala276.68°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha282.81°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati83.81°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra284.88°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani333.85°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1

Kollam, Kerala — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:45 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:36 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 42 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 17 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:11 – 05:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:46 – 06:45
Abhijit Muhūrta12:12 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta18:15 – 18:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:27 – 18:56
Amṛta Kāla18:12 – 19:57
Niśīta Muhūrta00:12 – 00:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:59 – 18:27
Yamaganda12:36 – 14:04
Gulika Kāla15:31 – 16:59
Varjyam07:14 – 07:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:45 – 08:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:12 – 09:40 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:40 – 11:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:08 – 12:36 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:36 – 14:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:04 – 15:31 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:31 – 16:59 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:59 – 18:27 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:27 – 19:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:59 – 21:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:31 – 23:04 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:04 – 00:36 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:36 – 02:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:08 – 03:40 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:40 – 05:12 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:12 – 06:45 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 8.8932°
Longitude: 76.6141°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

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 Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872600.27
Julian Day2461065.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2171°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)76.73°
🪷 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 (24.2171°), declination -19.00°, EoT -12.31 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: 2026-01-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)