पञ्चाङ्ग — Kathmandu, Nepal · January 3, 2017 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: 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 11.12 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता।

यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः।।11.12।।
"11.12 Could a thousand suns blaze forth together it would be but a faint reflection of the radiance of the Lord God." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.12'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 Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya258.76°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra314.07°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala316.72°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
बुध Budha246.74°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.76°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra305.36°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani237.32°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

☀️ Kathmandu, Nepal — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · NPT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:55 NPT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:21 NPT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 NPT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:05 NPT
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:34 NPT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 26 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 33 Mins 48 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:32 – 06:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:03 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:21 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:29

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:45 – 16:03
Yamaganda09:32 – 10:50
Gulika Kāla12:08 – 13:27
Varjyam07:21 – 07:38
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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 · 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 Roga06:55 – 08:13 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:13 – 09:32 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:32 – 10:50 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:50 – 12:08 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:08 – 13:27 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:27 – 14:45 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:45 – 16:03 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:03 – 17:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:21 – 19:03 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:03 – 20:45 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:45 – 22:27 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:27 – 00:08 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:08 – 01:50 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:50 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:32 – 05:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:13 – 06:55 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 27.7172°
Longitude: 85.324°
Timezone: UTC+5.75

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1869291.27 · 5117.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457756.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0906° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)57.34° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (24.0906°) · declination -22.82° · EoT -4.59 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:2017-01-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)