पञ्चाङ्ग — Śṛṅgerī (Śaṅkara-pīṭha) · January 20, 2019 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 12.3 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते।सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम्।।12.3।।
"12.3 Those who worship Me as the Indestructible, the Undefinable, the Omnipresent, the Unthinkable, the Primeval, the Immutable and the Eternal;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya275.55°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra78.96°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala348.40°MīnaRevatī P1
बुध Budha268.81°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati231.44°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra228.90°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani259.39°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

Śṛṅgerī (Śaṅkara-pīṭha) — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:08 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:59 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 27 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 33 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:25 – 06:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:59 – 06:56
Abhijit Muhūrta12:17 – 13:03
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta18:11 – 18:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:23 – 18:52
Amṛta Kāla18:08 – 19:53
Niśīta Muhūrta00:17 – 01:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:58 – 18:23
Yamaganda12:40 – 14:06
Gulika Kāla15:32 – 16:58
Varjyam07:25 – 07:43
Dur Muhūrta 09:37 – 10:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:56 – 08:22 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:22 – 09:48 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:48 – 11:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:14 – 12:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:40 – 14:06 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:06 – 15:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:32 – 16:58 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:58 – 18:23 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:23 – 19:58 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:58 – 21:32 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:32 – 23:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:06 – 00:40 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:40 – 02:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:14 – 03:48 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:48 – 05:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:22 – 06:56 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 13.4198°
Longitude: 75.2526°
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 Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870038.27
Julian Day2458503.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1191°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)163.40°
🪷 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 (24.1191°), declination -20.22°, EoT -10.96 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: 2019-01-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)