पञ्चाङ्ग — Raipur, Chhattisgarh · February 3, 2016 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 2.44 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम्।

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते।।2.44।।
"2.44 While their minds are absorbed with ideas of power and personal enjoyment, they cannot concentrate their discrimination on one point." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya289.55°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra220.50°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala201.65°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha264.13°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.38°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra258.24°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani229.99°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

Raipur, Chhattisgarh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 13 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 46 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:11 – 05:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:44 – 06:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta17:42 – 18:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:54 – 18:22
Amṛta Kāla17:39 – 19:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:17 – 13:42
Yamaganda08:05 – 09:29
Gulika Kāla10:53 – 12:17
Varjyam07:09 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:18 – 09:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:41 – 08:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:05 – 09:29 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:29 – 10:53 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:53 – 12:17 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:17 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:42 – 15:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:06 – 16:30 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:30 – 17:54 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:54 – 19:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:30 – 21:06 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:06 – 22:42 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:42 – 00:17 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:17 – 01:53 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:53 – 03:29 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:29 – 05:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:05 – 06:41 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 21.2514°
Longitude: 81.6296°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868956.27
Julian Day2457421.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0778°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)292.23°
🪷 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 (24.0778°), declination -16.73°, EoT -13.97 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: 2016-02-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)