पञ्चाङ्ग — Kota, Rajasthan · January 11, 2012 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 1.9 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अन्ये च बहवः शूरा मदर्थे त्यक्तजीविताः।

नानाशस्त्रप्रहरणाः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः।।1.9।।
"1.9 And many others, all ready to die for my sake; all armed, all skilled in war." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya266.18°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra107.37°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala147.87°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha249.83°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.63°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra301.92°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani184.56°TulāCitrā P4

☀️ Kota, Rajasthan — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:14 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:23 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 40 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 19 Mins 18 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:49 – 06:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:21 – 07:14
Abhijit Muhūrta12:13 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta17:43 – 18:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:55 – 18:21
Amṛta Kāla17:40 – 19:25
Niśīta Muhūrta00:13 – 00:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:34 – 13:55
Yamaganda08:34 – 09:54
Gulika Kāla11:14 – 12:34
Varjyam07:41 – 07:58
Dur Muhūrta 09:44 – 10:05

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:14 – 08:34 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:34 – 09:54 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:54 – 11:14 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:14 – 12:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:34 – 13:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:55 – 15:15 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:15 – 16:35 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:35 – 17:55 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:55 – 19:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:35 – 21:15 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:15 – 22:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:55 – 00:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:34 – 02:14 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:14 – 03:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:54 – 05:34 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:34 – 07:14 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 25.2138°
Longitude: 75.8648°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867472.27 · 5113.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455937.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0210° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)200.68° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (24.0210°) · declination -21.92° · EoT -7.89 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:2012-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)