पञ्चाङ्ग — Dubai, UAE · January 21, 2016 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 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 2.31 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
स्वधर्ममपि चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि।

धर्म्याद्धि युद्धाछ्रेयोऽन्यत्क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते।।2.31।।
"2.31 Thou must look at thy duty. Nothing can be more welcome to a soldier than a righteous war. Therefore to waver in this resolve is unworthy, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya276.34°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra58.80°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala195.06°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha262.24°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.17°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra242.23°DhanuMūla P1
शनि Śani228.88°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

☀️ Dubai, UAE — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · GST/MUT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:06 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:55 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:11 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:50 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 48 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 11 Mins 13 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:39 – 06:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:12 – 07:06
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta17:43 – 18:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:55 – 18:22
Amṛta Kāla17:40 – 19:25
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:52

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:51 – 15:12
Yamaganda07:06 – 08:27
Gulika Kāla09:48 – 11:09
Varjyam07:33 – 07:50
Dur Muhūrta 09:37 – 09:59

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:06 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:27 – 09:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:48 – 11:09 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:09 – 12:30 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:30 – 13:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:51 – 15:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:12 – 16:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:33 – 17:55 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:55 – 19:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:33 – 21:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:12 – 22:51 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:51 – 00:30 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:30 – 02:09 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:09 – 03:48 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:48 – 05:27 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:27 – 07:06 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 25.2048°
Longitude: 55.2708°
Timezone: UTC+4

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868943.27 · 5117.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457408.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0773° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)143.30° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (24.0773°) · declination -20.06° · EoT -11.26 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:2016-01-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)