पञ्चाङ्ग — Tokyo, Japan · January 15, 2012 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 1.13 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः।

सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत्।।1.13।।
"1.13 And immediately all the conches and drums, the trumpets and horns, blared forth in tumultuous uproar." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya270.25°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra162.74°KanyāHasta P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.38°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha255.84°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.88°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra306.79°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani184.74°TulāCitrā P4

Tokyo, Japan — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC+9)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:51 UTC+9
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:50 UTC+9
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 UTC+9
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:46 UTC+9
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:36 UTC+9
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 59 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 00 Mins 37 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:31 – 06:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:01 – 06:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta13:31 – 14:11
Godhūli Muhūrta16:38 – 17:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:50 – 17:15
Amṛta Kāla16:35 – 18:20
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:11

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:36 – 16:50
Yamaganda11:51 – 13:06
Gulika Kāla14:21 – 15:36
Varjyam07:16 – 07:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:11 – 09:31

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:51 – 08:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:06 – 09:21 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:21 – 10:36 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:36 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:51 – 13:06 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:06 – 14:21 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:21 – 15:36 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:36 – 16:50 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:50 – 18:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:36 – 20:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:21 – 22:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:06 – 23:51 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:51 – 01:36 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:36 – 03:21 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:21 – 05:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:06 – 06:51 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 35.6762°
Longitude: 139.6503°
Timezone: UTC+9

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 Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867476.27
Julian Day2455941.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0212°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)252.40°
🪷 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 (24.0212°), declination -21.26°, EoT -9.35 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: 2012-01-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)