पञ्चाङ्ग — Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala · January 16, 2022 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 3.43 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना।

जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम्।।3.43।।
"3.43 Thus, O Mighty-in-Arms, knowing Him to be beyond the intellect and, by His help, subduing thy personal egotism, kill thine enemy, Desire, extremely difficult though it be."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.43's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya271.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra70.19°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala239.41°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha285.69°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati309.47°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra260.08°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani289.48°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:42 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:23 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 40 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 19 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:08 – 05:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:43 – 06:42
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:22 – 18:52
Amṛta Kāla18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:55 – 18:22
Yamaganda12:32 – 14:00
Gulika Kāla15:27 – 16:55
Varjyam07:11 – 07:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:48

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 Udveg06:42 – 08:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:09 – 09:37 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:37 – 11:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:04 – 12:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:32 – 14:00 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:00 – 15:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:27 – 16:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:55 – 18:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:22 – 19:55 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:55 – 21:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:27 – 23:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:00 – 00:32 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:32 – 02:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:04 – 03:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:37 – 05:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:09 – 06:42 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 8.5241°
Longitude: 76.9366°
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 Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871130.27
Julian Day2459595.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1609°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)157.69°
🪷 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 (24.1609°), declination -20.97°, EoT -9.69 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: 2022-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)