पञ्चाङ्ग — Haridwār · January 28, 2196 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: 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 18.13 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
पञ्चैतानि महाबाहो कारणानि निबोध मे।सांख्ये कृतान्ते प्रोक्तानि सिद्धये सर्वकर्मणाम्।।18.13।।
"18.13 I will tell thee now, O Mighty Man, the five causes which, according to the final decision of philosophy, must concur before an action can be accomplished." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2253 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 2118 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1603
Malayalam Era: 1372
Nanakshahi: 727
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya281.26°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra257.06°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala32.17°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
बुध Budha269.04°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati205.54°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra325.34°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani261.23°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

☀️ Haridwār — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:50 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:01 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 40 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 19 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:45 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:17 – 07:10
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta17:38 – 18:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:50 – 18:17
Amṛta Kāla17:35 – 19:20
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:52

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:50 – 15:10
Yamaganda07:10 – 08:30
Gulika Kāla09:50 – 11:10
Varjyam07:37 – 07:54
Dur Muhūrta 09:40 – 10:01

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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):
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 Śubha07:10 – 08:30 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:30 – 09:50 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:50 – 11:10 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:10 – 12:30 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:30 – 13:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:50 – 15:10 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:10 – 16:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:30 – 17:50 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:50 – 19:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:30 – 21:10 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:10 – 22:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:50 – 00:30 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:30 – 02:10 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:10 – 03:50 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:50 – 05:30 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:30 – 07:10 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 29.9457°
Longitude: 78.1642°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 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 Year5297 · Kali-5297
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1934694.27 · 5297.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2523159.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.5920° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)335.40° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (26.5920°) · declination -18.30° · EoT -12.97 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:2196-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)