पञ्चाङ्ग — Patna, Bihar · January 25, 2024 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 4.38 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते।

तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति।।4.38।।
"4.38 There is nothing in the world so purifying as wisdom; and he who is a perfect saint finds that at last in his own Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya280.35°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra92.38°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala260.86°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha259.14°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati12.47°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra247.55°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani311.56°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:36 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:09 – 05:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:42 – 06:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:15 – 17:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:27 – 17:55
Amṛta Kāla17:12 – 18:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:23 – 14:45
Yamaganda06:36 – 07:57
Gulika Kāla09:19 – 10:40
Varjyam07:03 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:08 – 09:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:36 – 07:57 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:57 – 09:19 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:19 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:40 – 12:02 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:02 – 13:23 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:23 – 14:45 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:45 – 16:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:06 – 17:27 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:27 – 19:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:06 – 20:45 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:45 – 22:23 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:23 – 00:02 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:02 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:40 – 03:19 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:19 – 04:57 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:57 – 06:36 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

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

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871869.27
Julian Day2460334.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1892°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)173.08°
🪷 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 (24.1892°), declination -19.12°, EoT -12.31 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: 2024-01-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)