पञ्चाङ्ग — Zurich, Switzerland · February 8, 2026 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 6.11 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः।

नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्।।6.11।।
"6.11 Having chosen a holy place, let him sit in a firm posture on a seat, neither too high nor too low, and covered with a grass mat, a deer skin and a cloth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya295.06°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra188.76°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala287.63°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha307.32°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati82.26°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra302.44°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani335.23°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:43 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:38 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:27 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:43 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 54 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 05 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:24 – 07:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:53 – 07:43
Abhijit Muhūrta12:20 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta17:26 – 17:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:38 – 18:02
Amṛta Kāla17:23 – 19:08
Niśīta Muhūrta00:20 – 01:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:23 – 17:38
Yamaganda12:40 – 13:55
Gulika Kāla15:09 – 16:23
Varjyam08:08 – 08:24
Dur Muhūrta 10:02 – 10:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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):
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:43 – 08:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:57 – 10:12 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:12 – 11:26 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:26 – 12:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:40 – 13:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:55 – 15:09 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:09 – 16:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:23 – 17:38 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:38 – 19:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:23 – 21:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:09 – 22:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:55 – 00:40 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:40 – 02:26 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:26 – 04:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:12 – 05:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:57 – 07:43 (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 Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872614.27
Julian Day2461079.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2177°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)253.70°
🪷 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 (24.2177°), declination -15.04°, EoT -14.45 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: 2026-02-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)