पञ्चाङ्ग — Patna, Bihar · January 16, 2013 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 10.8 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga🪷 Ahaṁ Sarvasya Prabhavo · the source of all
अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते।

इति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भावसमन्विताः।।10.8।।
"10.8 I am the source of all; from Me everything flows. Therefore the wise worship Me with unchanging devotion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya272.03°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra327.70°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala292.36°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha270.41°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.24°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra254.41°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani196.25°TulāSvātī P3

Patna, Bihar — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:37 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 43 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 16 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:12 – 05:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:44 – 06:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:29
Godhūli Muhūrta17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:21 – 17:48
Amṛta Kāla17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:21

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:59 – 13:20
Yamaganda07:58 – 09:18
Gulika Kāla10:39 – 11:59
Varjyam07:04 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:08 – 09:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:37 – 07:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:58 – 09:18 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:18 – 10:39 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:39 – 11:59 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:59 – 13:20 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:20 – 14:40 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:40 – 16:00 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:00 – 17:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:21 – 19:00 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:00 – 20:40 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:40 – 22:20 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:20 – 23:59 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:59 – 01:39 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:39 – 03:18 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:18 – 04:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:58 – 06:37 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 25.5941°
Longitude: 85.1376°
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 Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867843.27
Julian Day2456308.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0352°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)54.43°
🪷 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 (24.0352°), declination -20.93°, 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: 2013-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)