पञ्चाङ्ग — Edison, NJ, USA · January 10, 2006 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: पौष पुत्रदा एकादशी — Pauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
Ekādaśī granting putra-prāpti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.26 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सद्भावे साधुभावे च सदित्येतत्प्रयुज्यते।प्रशस्ते कर्मणि तथा सच्छब्दः पार्थ युज्यते।।17.26।।
"17.26 Sat' means Reality or the highest Good, and also, O Arjuna, it is used to mean an action of exceptional merit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya265.71°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra35.46°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala19.62°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
बुध Budha255.43°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati201.36°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra271.94°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani105.20°KarkaPuṣya P4

☀️ Edison, NJ, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-5)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:21 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:49 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:28 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:00 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 28 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 31 Mins 33 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:05 – 06:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:34 – 07:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:40 – 14:18
Godhūli Muhūrta16:37 – 17:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:49 – 17:13
Amṛta Kāla16:34 – 18:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:27 – 15:38
Yamaganda09:43 – 10:54
Gulika Kāla12:05 – 13:16
Varjyam07:45 – 08:00
Dur Muhūrta 09:34 – 09:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:21 – 08:32 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:32 – 09:43 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:43 – 10:54 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:54 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:05 – 13:16 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:16 – 14:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:27 – 15:38 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:38 – 16:49 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:49 – 18:38 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:38 – 20:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:27 – 22:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:16 – 00:05 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:05 – 01:54 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:54 – 03:43 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:43 – 05:32 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:32 – 07:21 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 40.5187°
Longitude: -74.4121°
Timezone: UTC+-5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ekādaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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 Year5107 · Kali-5107
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865280.27 · 5107.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453745.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9372° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)128.57° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (23.9372°) · declination -22.00° · EoT -7.50 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:2006-01-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)