पञ्चाङ्ग — Manchester, UK · January 16, 2025 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 15.6 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः।यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम।।15.6।।
"15.6 Neither sun, moon, nor fire shines there. Those who go thither never come back. For, O Arjuna, that is my Celestial Home!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya271.95°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra117.42°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala91.67°KarkaPunarvasu P4
बुध Budha256.60°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati47.67°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra318.64°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani321.70°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1

Manchester, UK — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:16 UTC
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:21 UTC
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 UTC
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:36 UTC
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:25 UTC
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 05 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 54 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:11 – 07:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:36 – 08:16
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta13:40 – 14:12
Godhūli Muhūrta16:09 – 16:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:21 – 16:42
Amṛta Kāla16:06 – 17:51
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:19 – 14:20
Yamaganda08:16 – 09:17
Gulika Kāla10:17 – 11:18
Varjyam08:36 – 08:49
Dur Muhūrta 10:09 – 10:25

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha08:16 – 09:17 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga09:17 – 10:17 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:17 – 11:18 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:18 – 12:19 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:19 – 13:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:19 – 14:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:20 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:21 – 16:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:21 – 18:21 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:21 – 20:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:20 – 22:19 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:19 – 00:19 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:19 – 02:18 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:18 – 04:17 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:17 – 06:17 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta06:17 – 08:16 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.4808°
Longitude: -2.2426°
Timezone: UTC+0

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872226.27
Julian Day2460691.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2028°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)207.33°
🪷 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 (24.2028°), declination -20.92°, EoT -9.69 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: 2025-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)