पञ्चाङ्ग — Zurich, Switzerland · 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

Zurich, Switzerland — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC+1)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:08 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:03 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:36 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:13 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:06 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 54 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 05 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:57 – 07:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:24 – 08:08
Abhijit Muhūrta12:18 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:05 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta16:51 – 17:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:03 – 17:25
Amṛta Kāla16:48 – 18:33
Niśīta Muhūrta00:18 – 00:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:56 – 17:03
Yamaganda12:36 – 13:42
Gulika Kāla14:49 – 15:56
Varjyam08:30 – 08:45
Dur Muhūrta 10:13 – 10:31

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 Udveg08:08 – 09:15 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala09:15 – 10:22 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:22 – 11:29 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:29 – 12:36 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:36 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:42 – 14:49 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:49 – 15:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:56 – 17:03 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:03 – 18:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:56 – 20:49 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:49 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:42 – 00:36 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:36 – 02:29 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:29 – 04:22 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:22 – 06:15 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha06:15 – 08:08 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 47.3769°
Longitude: 8.5417°
Timezone: UTC+1

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)