पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · January 31, 2023 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 14.18 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः।जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः।।14.18।।
"14.18 When Purity is in the ascendant, the man evolves; when Passion, he neither evolves nor degenerates; when Ignorance, he is lost." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya286.71°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra44.08°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala45.62°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha261.38°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati341.72°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra310.42°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani301.64°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:23 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 55 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 04 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:50 – 06:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:23 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta12:23 – 13:07
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta18:01 – 18:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:13 – 18:40
Amṛta Kāla17:58 – 19:43
Niśīta Muhūrta00:23 – 01:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:29 – 16:51
Yamaganda10:01 – 11:23
Gulika Kāla12:45 – 14:07
Varjyam07:45 – 08:02
Dur Muhūrta 09:51 – 10:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:18 – 08:39 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:39 – 10:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:01 – 11:23 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:23 – 12:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:45 – 14:07 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:07 – 15:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:29 – 16:51 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:51 – 18:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:13 – 19:51 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:51 – 21:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:29 – 23:07 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:07 – 00:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:45 – 02:23 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:23 – 04:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:01 – 05:39 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:39 – 07:18 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871510.27
Julian Day2459975.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1754°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)114.75°
🪷 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 (24.1754°), declination -17.50°, EoT -13.53 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: 2023-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)