पञ्चाङ्ग — Lumbinī · February 8, 2002 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: षट्तिला एकादशी — Ṣaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
Six uses of tila (sesame) on this Ekādaśī confer mokṣa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.20 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि।

मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम्।।16.20।।
"16.20 So reborn, they spend life after life, enveloped in delusion. And they never reach Me, O Prince, but degenerate into still lower forms of life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya295.22°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra247.04°DhanuMūla P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala350.69°MīnaRevatī P2
बुध Budha274.69°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati72.41°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शुक्र Śukra301.08°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani44.05°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

☀️ Lumbinī — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · NPT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:55 NPT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:58 NPT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 NPT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:03 NPT
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:24 NPT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 03 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 56 Mins 42 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:26 – 06:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:59 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta17:46 – 18:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:58 – 18:26
Amṛta Kāla17:43 – 19:28
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:03 – 12:26
Yamaganda15:12 – 16:35
Gulika Kāla08:18 – 09:41
Varjyam07:22 – 07:40
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:55 – 08:18 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:18 – 09:41 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:41 – 11:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:03 – 12:26 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:26 – 13:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:49 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:12 – 16:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:35 – 17:58 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:58 – 19:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:35 – 21:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:12 – 22:49 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:49 – 00:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:26 – 02:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:03 – 03:41 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:41 – 05:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:18 – 06:55 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 27.4924°
Longitude: 83.275°
Timezone: UTC+5.75

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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)1863848.27 · 5103.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452313.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8824° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)310.25° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.8824°) · declination -15.10° · EoT -14.45 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:2002-02-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)