पञ्चाङ्ग — Madurai, Tamil Nadu · January 30, 2022 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 4.14 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा।

इति मां योऽभिजानाति कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते।।4.14।।
"4.14 My actions do not fetter Me, nor do I desire anything that they can bring. He who thus realises Me is not enslaved by action." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya285.96°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra255.63°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala249.56°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha271.65°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati312.59°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra256.47°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani291.14°MakaraŚravaṇa P4

Madurai, Tamil Nadu — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:40 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:44 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 41 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 18 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:07 – 05:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:42 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:54
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:22 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:54

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:54 – 18:22
Yamaganda12:31 – 13:59
Gulika Kāla15:26 – 16:54
Varjyam07:09 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:40 – 08:08 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:08 – 09:36 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:36 – 11:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:03 – 12:31 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:31 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:59 – 15:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:26 – 16:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:54 – 18:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:22 – 19:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:54 – 21:26 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:26 – 22:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:59 – 00:31 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:31 – 02:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:03 – 03:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:36 – 05:08 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:08 – 06:40 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 9.9252°
Longitude: 78.1198°
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 Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871144.27
Julian Day2459609.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1614°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)331.88°
🪷 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 (24.1614°), declination -17.71°, 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: 2022-01-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)