पञ्चाङ्ग — Amarnāth · January 9, 2015 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 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 10.30 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga🪷 Kālaḥ Kalayatām Aham · Krishna IS Time
प्रह्लादश्चास्मि दैत्यानां कालः कलयतामहम्।

मृगाणां च मृगेन्द्रोऽहं वैनतेयश्च पक्षिणाम्।।10.30।।
"10.30 And I am the devotee Prahlad among the heathen; of Time I am the Eternal Present; I am the Lion among beasts and the Eagle among birds." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya264.37°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra126.96°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala303.04°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha281.76°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati116.24°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra282.54°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani217.34°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

☀️ Amarnāth — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:35 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:52 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:59 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 00 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 59 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:15 – 06:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:45 – 07:35
Abhijit Muhūrta12:15 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta17:23 – 17:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:35 – 18:00
Amṛta Kāla17:20 – 19:05
Niśīta Muhūrta00:15 – 00:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:20 – 12:35
Yamaganda15:05 – 16:20
Gulika Kāla08:50 – 10:05
Varjyam08:00 – 08:16
Dur Muhūrta 09:55 – 10:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:35 – 08:50 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:50 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:05 – 11:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:20 – 12:35 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:35 – 13:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:50 – 15:05 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:05 – 16:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:20 – 17:35 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:35 – 19:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:20 – 21:05 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:05 – 22:50 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:50 – 00:35 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:35 – 02:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:20 – 04:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:05 – 05:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:50 – 07:35 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 34.2167°
Longitude: 75.5°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
Elevation: 3888 m

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5116 · Kali-5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868566.27 · 5116.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457031.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0628° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)225.73° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.0628°) · declination -22.17° · EoT -7.10 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2015-01-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)