पञ्चाङ्ग — Jamnagar, Gujarat · January 17, 2002 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 15.18 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
यस्मात्क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः।अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः पुरुषोत्तमः।।15.18।।
"15.18 Beyond comparison of the Eternal with the non-eternal am I, Who am called by scriptures and sages the Supreme Personality, the Highest God." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya272.87°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra311.53°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala334.73°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha290.33°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati74.58°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra273.47°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani44.49°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

☀️ Jamnagar, Gujarat — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:28 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:00 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 55 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 04 Mins 32 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:05 – 06:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:37 – 07:32
Abhijit Muhūrta12:38 – 13:22
Vijaya Muhūrta14:49 – 15:33
Godhūli Muhūrta18:16 – 18:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:28 – 18:55
Amṛta Kāla18:13 – 19:58
Niśīta Muhūrta00:38 – 01:22

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:22 – 15:44
Yamaganda07:32 – 08:54
Gulika Kāla10:16 – 11:38
Varjyam07:59 – 08:17
Dur Muhūrta 10:05 – 10:27

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:32 – 08:54 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:54 – 10:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:16 – 11:38 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:38 – 13:00 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha13:00 – 14:22 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:22 – 15:44 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:44 – 17:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:06 – 18:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:28 – 20:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:06 – 21:44 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:44 – 23:22 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:22 – 01:00 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg01:00 – 02:38 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:38 – 04:16 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:16 – 05:54 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:54 – 07:32 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.4707°
Longitude: 70.0577°
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 Year5103 · Kali-5103
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863826.27 · 5103.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452291.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8816° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)41.90° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.8816°) · declination -20.80° · EoT -10.03 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:2002-01-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)