पञ्चाङ्ग — Tokyo, Japan · February 7, 2014 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 2.19 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्।

उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते।।2.19।।
"2.19 He who thinks that the Spirit kills, and he who thinks of It as killed, are both ignorant. The Spirit kills not, nor is It killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya294.12°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra26.72°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala180.40°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha309.14°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati76.95°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra259.88°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani208.53°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:37 UTC+9
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:15 UTC+9
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC+9
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:09 UTC+9
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:03 UTC+9
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 37 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 22 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:12 – 05:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:44 – 06:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta13:42 – 14:25
Godhūli Muhūrta17:03 – 17:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:15 – 17:41
Amṛta Kāla17:00 – 18:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:36 – 11:56
Yamaganda14:35 – 15:55
Gulika Kāla07:57 – 09:16
Varjyam07:04 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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 Chala06:37 – 07:57 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:57 – 09:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:16 – 10:36 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:36 – 11:56 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:56 – 13:15 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:15 – 14:35 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:35 – 15:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:55 – 17:15 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:15 – 18:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:55 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:35 – 22:15 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:15 – 23:56 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:56 – 01:36 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:36 – 03:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:16 – 04:57 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:57 – 06:37 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868230.27
Julian Day2456695.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0500°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)89.79°
🪷 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 (24.0500°), declination -15.38°, EoT -14.38 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: 2014-02-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)