पञ्चाङ्ग — Tokyo, Japan · September 17, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.8 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अभ्यासयोगयुक्तेन चेतसा नान्यगामिना।

परमं पुरुषं दिव्यं याति पार्थानुचिन्तयन्।।8.8।।
"8.8 He whose mind does not wander, and who is engaged in constant meditation, attains the Supreme Spirit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya150.50°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra333.75°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala239.19°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha142.73°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati156.96°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra177.66°KanyāCitrā P2
शनि Śani226.45°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:25 UTC+9
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:45 UTC+9
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 UTC+9
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:48 UTC+9
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:49 UTC+9
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 20 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 39 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:46 – 04:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:23 – 05:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:10 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:39 – 14:28
Godhūli Muhūrta17:33 – 17:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:45 – 18:16
Amṛta Kāla17:30 – 19:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:10 – 00:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:30 – 10:03
Yamaganda13:08 – 14:40
Gulika Kāla05:25 – 06:57
Varjyam05:56 – 06:15
Dur Muhūrta 08:18 – 08:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:25 – 06:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:57 – 08:30 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:30 – 10:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:03 – 11:35 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:35 – 13:08 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:08 – 14:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:40 – 16:13 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:13 – 17:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:45 – 19:13 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:13 – 20:40 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:40 – 22:08 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:08 – 23:35 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:35 – 01:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:03 – 02:30 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:30 – 03:57 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:57 – 05:25 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869183.27
Julian Day2457648.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0864°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)181.98°
🪷 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 (24.0864°), declination 2.15°, EoT 6.24 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: 2016-09-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)