पञ्चाङ्ग — Tokyo, Japan · January 10, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.20 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि

न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः।

अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो

न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे।।2.20।।
"2.20 It was not born; It will never die, nor once having been, can It cease to be. Unborn, Eternal, Ever-enduring, yet Most Ancient, the Spirit dies not when the body is dead." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya265.13°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra264.91°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala189.21°TulāSvātī P1
बुध Budha274.81°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.43°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra228.76°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani227.80°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:52 UTC+9
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:46 UTC+9
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 UTC+9
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:53 UTC+9
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:43 UTC+9
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 53 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 06 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:33 – 06:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:02 – 06:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:29 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:28 – 14:07
Godhūli Muhūrta16:34 – 16:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:46 – 17:11
Amṛta Kāla16:31 – 18:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:29 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:32 – 16:46
Yamaganda11:49 – 13:03
Gulika Kāla14:17 – 15:32
Varjyam07:17 – 07:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:11 – 09:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:52 – 08:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:06 – 09:20 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:20 – 10:35 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:35 – 11:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:49 – 13:03 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:03 – 14:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:17 – 15:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:32 – 16:46 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:46 – 18:32 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:32 – 20:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:17 – 22:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:03 – 23:49 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:49 – 01:35 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:35 – 03:20 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:20 – 05:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:06 – 06:52 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868932.27
Julian Day2457397.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0768°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)358.44°
🪷 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 (24.0768°), declination -22.06°, EoT -7.50 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: 2016-01-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)