पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · January 26, 1887 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 18.12 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम्।भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित्।।18.12।।
"18.12 For those who cannot renounce all desire, the fruit of action hereafter is threefold - good, evil, and partly good and partly evil. But for him who has renounced, there is none." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1944 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1809 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1294
Malayalam Era: 1063
Nanakshahi: 418
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.54°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra304.63°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala305.10°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha277.22°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati194.58°TulāSvātī P3
शुक्र Śukra297.98°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani86.35°MithunaPunarvasu P2

Mathurā — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:20 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:42 – 06:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:15 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta17:43 – 18:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:55 – 18:22
Amṛta Kāla17:40 – 19:25
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 00:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:32 – 13:53
Yamaganda08:29 – 09:50
Gulika Kāla11:11 – 12:32
Varjyam07:36 – 07:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:39 – 10:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:09 – 08:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:29 – 09:50 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:50 – 11:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:11 – 12:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:32 – 13:53 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:53 – 15:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:13 – 16:34 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:34 – 17:55 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:55 – 19:34 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:34 – 21:13 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:13 – 22:53 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:53 – 00:32 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:32 – 02:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:11 – 03:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:50 – 05:29 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:29 – 07:09 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 27.4924°
Longitude: 77.6737°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year4988
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1821832.27
Julian Day2410297.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)22.2754°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)23.70°
🪷 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 (22.2754°), declination -18.82°, EoT -12.54 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: 1887-01-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)