पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · January 28, 2021 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 13.21 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते।पुरुषः सुखदुःखानां भोक्तृत्वे हेतुरुच्यते।।13.21।।
"13.21 Nature is the Law which generates cause and effect; God is the source of the enjoyment of all pleasure and pain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
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 Sūrya284.18°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra94.83°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala16.05°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha301.47°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati284.97°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शुक्र Śukra269.90°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani280.66°MakaraŚravaṇa P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:22 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 52 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 07 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:51 – 06:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:24 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta12:23 – 13:07
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta17:59 – 18:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:11 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla17:56 – 19:41
Niśīta Muhūrta00:23 – 01:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:06 – 15:28
Yamaganda07:18 – 08:40
Gulika Kāla10:02 – 11:23
Varjyam07:46 – 08:03
Dur Muhūrta 09:51 – 10:13

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 Śubha07:18 – 08:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:40 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:02 – 11:23 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:23 – 12:45 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:45 – 14:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:06 – 15:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:28 – 16:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:49 – 18:11 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:11 – 19:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:49 – 21:28 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:28 – 23:06 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:06 – 00:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:45 – 02:23 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:23 – 04:02 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:02 – 05:40 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:40 – 07:18 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 26.49°
Longitude: 74.55°
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 Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870777.27
Julian Day2459242.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1474°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)169.73°
🪷 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 (24.1474°), declination -18.18°, EoT -12.97 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: 2021-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)