पञ्चाङ्ग — Edison, NJ, USA · December 31, 2015 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.10 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
तमुवाच हृषीकेशः प्रहसन्निव भारत।

सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये विषीदन्तमिदं वचः।।2.10।।
"2.10 Thereupon the Lord, with a gracious smile, addressed him who was so much depressed in the midst of the two armies." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.10'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 Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya254.94°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra141.23°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala183.72°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha274.34°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.33°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra216.59°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शनि Śani226.74°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:21 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:40 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:03 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:49 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 18 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 41 Mins 06 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:07 – 06:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:35 – 07:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:11
Godhūli Muhūrta16:28 – 16:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:40 – 17:04
Amṛta Kāla16:25 – 18:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:11 – 14:21
Yamaganda07:21 – 08:31
Gulika Kāla09:41 – 10:51
Varjyam07:45 – 08:00
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:50

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:21 – 08:31 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:31 – 09:41 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:41 – 10:51 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:51 – 12:01 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:01 – 13:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:11 – 14:21 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:21 – 15:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:30 – 16:40 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:40 – 18:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:30 – 20:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:21 – 22:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:11 – 00:01 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:01 – 01:51 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:51 – 03:41 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:41 – 05:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:31 – 07:21 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 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)1868922.27 · 5116.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457387.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0765° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)247.20° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (24.0765°) · declination -23.13° · EoT -3.26 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:2015-12-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)