पञ्चाङ्ग — Edison, NJ, USA · January 22, 2012 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: मासिक शिवरात्रि — Māsika Śivarātri
Monthly Śiva observance.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.20 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अथ व्यवस्थितान् दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान्कपिध्वजः।

प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसंपाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः।।1.20।।
"1.20 Then beholding the sons of Dhritarashtra, drawn up on the battle- field, ready to fight, Arjuna, whose flag bore the Hanuman," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya277.38°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra261.20°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.84°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha266.69°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati7.42°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra315.26°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani184.98°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:16 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:02 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:24 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:45 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 46 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 13 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:58 – 06:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:27 – 07:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:26
Godhūli Muhūrta16:50 – 17:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:02 – 17:27
Amṛta Kāla16:47 – 18:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:29

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:49 – 17:02
Yamaganda12:09 – 13:22
Gulika Kāla14:36 – 15:49
Varjyam07:41 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:33 – 09:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:16 – 08:29 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:29 – 09:43 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:43 – 10:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:56 – 12:09 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:09 – 13:22 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:22 – 14:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:36 – 15:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:49 – 17:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:02 – 18:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:49 – 20:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:36 – 22:22 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:22 – 00:09 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:09 – 01:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:56 – 03:43 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:43 – 05:29 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:29 – 07:16 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 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 — 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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867483.27 · 5113.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455948.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0214° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)345.63° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (24.0214°) · declination -19.85° · EoT -11.54 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:2012-01-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)