पञ्चाङ्ग — Patna, Bihar · February 7, 2014 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 2.19 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्।

उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते।।2.19।।
"2.19 He who thinks that the Spirit kills, and he who thinks of It as killed, are both ignorant. The Spirit kills not, nor is It killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya294.12°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra26.72°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala180.40°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha309.14°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati76.95°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra259.88°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani208.53°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:37 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 07 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 52 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:01 – 05:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:35 – 06:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:25 – 17:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:37 – 18:05
Amṛta Kāla17:22 – 19:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:40 – 12:04
Yamaganda14:51 – 16:14
Gulika Kāla07:54 – 09:17
Varjyam06:58 – 07:16
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:30 – 07:54 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:54 – 09:17 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:17 – 10:40 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:40 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:04 – 13:27 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:27 – 14:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:51 – 16:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:14 – 17:37 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:37 – 19:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:14 – 20:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:51 – 22:27 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:27 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:04 – 01:40 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:40 – 03:17 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:17 – 04:54 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:54 – 06:30 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 25.5941°
Longitude: 85.1376°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868230.27
Julian Day2456695.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0500°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)89.79°
🪷 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 (24.0500°), declination -15.38°, EoT -14.38 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: 2014-02-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)