पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · February 8, 2009 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 9.6 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
यथाऽऽकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान्।

तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय।।9.6।।
"9.6 As the mighty wind, though moving everywhere, has no resting place but space, so have all these beings no home but Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya295.42°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra93.73°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala278.53°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha270.05°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati284.35°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शुक्र Śukra339.80°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani146.32°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:13 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:46 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 06 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 53 Mins 37 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:44 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:18 – 07:13
Abhijit Muhūrta12:24 – 13:08
Vijaya Muhūrta14:37 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:19 – 18:47
Amṛta Kāla18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta00:24 – 01:08

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:56 – 18:19
Yamaganda12:46 – 14:10
Gulika Kāla15:33 – 16:56
Varjyam07:41 – 07:59
Dur Muhūrta 09:49 – 10:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
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 · 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 Udveg07:13 – 08:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:36 – 10:00 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:00 – 11:23 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:23 – 12:46 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:46 – 14:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:10 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:33 – 16:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:56 – 18:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:19 – 19:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:56 – 21:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:33 – 23:10 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:10 – 00:46 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:46 – 02:23 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:23 – 04:00 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:00 – 05:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:36 – 07:13 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 26.49°
Longitude: 74.55°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866405.27
Julian Day2454870.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9802°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)160.13°
🪷 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 (23.9802°), declination -15.00°, EoT -14.45 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: 2009-02-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)