पञ्चाङ्ग — Zurich, Switzerland · January 23, 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 4.7 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga🪷 Sambhavāmi Yuge Yuge · Krishna's avatāra-anchor
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।

अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्।।4.7।।
"4.7 Whenever spirituality decays and materialism is rampant, then, O Arjuna, I reincarnate Myself!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya278.84°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra157.50°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala244.47°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha279.41°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati311.01°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra257.30°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani290.30°MakaraŚravaṇa P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:02 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:13 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:38 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:32 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:33 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 10 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 49 Mins 38 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:49 – 07:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:17 – 08:02
Abhijit Muhūrta12:19 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:01 – 17:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:13 – 17:36
Amṛta Kāla16:58 – 18:43
Niśīta Muhūrta00:19 – 00:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:04 – 17:13
Yamaganda12:38 – 13:46
Gulika Kāla14:55 – 16:04
Varjyam08:25 – 08:40
Dur Muhūrta 10:11 – 10:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg08:02 – 09:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala09:11 – 10:20 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:20 – 11:29 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:29 – 12:38 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:38 – 13:46 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:46 – 14:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:55 – 16:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:04 – 17:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:13 – 19:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:04 – 20:55 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:55 – 22:46 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:46 – 00:38 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:38 – 02:29 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:29 – 04:20 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:20 – 06:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha06:11 – 08:02 (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)1871137.27
Julian Day2459602.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1612°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)240.84°
🪷 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 (24.1612°), declination -19.49°, EoT -11.81 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: 2022-01-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)