पञ्चाङ्ग — Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh · January 16, 2016 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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🪷 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 2.26 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम्।

तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमर्हसि।।2.26।।
"2.26 Even if thou thinkest of It as constantly being born, constantly dying, even then, O Mighty Man, thou still hast no cause to grieve." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya271.25°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra348.95°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala192.43°TulāSvātī P2
बुध Budha267.56°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.33°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra236.10°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani228.40°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

☀️ Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:59 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:38 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:42 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 39 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 20 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:33 – 06:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:05 – 06:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:05 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta17:26 – 17:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:38 – 18:05
Amṛta Kāla17:23 – 19:08
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:38 – 10:58
Yamaganda13:38 – 14:58
Gulika Kāla06:59 – 08:18
Varjyam07:25 – 07:42
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
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 · 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 Kāla06:59 – 08:18 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:18 – 09:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:38 – 10:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:58 – 12:18 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:18 – 13:38 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:38 – 14:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:58 – 16:18 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:18 – 17:38 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:38 – 19:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:18 – 20:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:58 – 22:38 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:38 – 00:18 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:18 – 01:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:58 – 03:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:38 – 05:18 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:18 – 06:59 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 26.4499°
Longitude: 80.3319°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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)1868938.27 · 5117.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457403.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0771° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)76.78° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 7/30)
🪷 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 (24.0771°) · declination -21.07° · EoT -9.69 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:2016-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)