पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · January 29, 2042 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 12.1 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाचएवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते।येचाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः।।12.1।।
"12.1 "Arjuna asked: My Lord! Which are the better devotees who worship Thee, those who try to know Thee as a Personal God, or those who worship Thee as Impersonal and Indestructible?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2099 Yuva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1964 Dundubhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1449
Malayalam Era: 1218
Nanakshahi: 573
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya284.81°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra21.18°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala116.08°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha265.21°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati214.15°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शुक्र Śukra290.81°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani191.11°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:51 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 41 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 18 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:44 – 06:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:16 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta17:39 – 18:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:51 – 18:18
Amṛta Kāla17:36 – 19:21
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:30 – 13:50
Yamaganda08:29 – 09:50
Gulika Kāla11:10 – 12:30
Varjyam07:36 – 07:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:39 – 10:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:09 – 08:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:29 – 09:50 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:50 – 11:10 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:10 – 12:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:30 – 13:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:50 – 15:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:11 – 16:31 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:31 – 17:51 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:51 – 19:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:31 – 21:11 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:11 – 22:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:50 – 00:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:30 – 02:10 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:10 – 03:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:50 – 05:29 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:29 – 07:09 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 30.0869°
Longitude: 78.2676°
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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5143
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1878448.27
Julian Day2466913.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.4408°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)94.06°
🪷 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 (24.4408°), declination -17.94°, EoT -13.17 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: 2042-01-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)