पञ्चाङ्ग — Edison, NJ, USA · January 6, 2017 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 11.15 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे

सर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसङ्घान्।

ब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थ

मृषींश्च सर्वानुरगांश्च दिव्यान्।।11.15।।
"11.15 Arjuna said: O almighty God! I see in Thee the powers of Nature, the various creatures of the world, the Progenitor on his lotus throne, the Sages and the shining angels." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya261.81°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra354.57°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala318.98°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
बुध Budha244.83°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.05°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra308.56°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani237.66°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:21 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:46 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:46 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:43 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 24 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 35 Mins 40 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:06 – 06:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:34 – 07:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta13:38 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta16:34 – 16:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:46 – 17:09
Amṛta Kāla16:31 – 18:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:22

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:53 – 12:04
Yamaganda14:25 – 15:35
Gulika Kāla08:32 – 09:42
Varjyam07:45 – 08:00
Dur Muhūrta 09:33 – 09:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:21 – 08:32 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:32 – 09:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:42 – 10:53 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:53 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:04 – 13:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:14 – 14:25 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:25 – 15:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:35 – 16:46 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:46 – 18:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:35 – 20:25 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:25 – 22:14 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:14 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:04 – 01:53 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:53 – 03:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:42 – 05:32 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:32 – 07:21 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869294.27 · 5118.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457759.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0907° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)95.39° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (24.0907°) · declination -22.49° · EoT -5.88 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:2017-01-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)