पञ्चाङ्ग — Lumbinī · January 28, 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 2.38 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
सुखदुःखे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ।

ततो युद्धाय युज्यस्व नैवं पापमवाप्स्यसि।।2.38।।
"2.38 Look upon pleasure and pain, victory and defeat, with an equal eye. Make ready for the combat, and thou shalt commit no sin." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.46°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra148.94°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala198.66°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha260.80°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.81°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra250.84°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani229.50°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:01 NPT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:49 NPT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 NPT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:18 NPT
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:35 NPT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 48 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 11 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:34 – 06:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:07 – 07:01
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta17:37 – 18:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:49 – 18:16
Amṛta Kāla17:34 – 19:19
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:46 – 15:07
Yamaganda07:01 – 08:22
Gulika Kāla09:43 – 11:04
Varjyam07:28 – 07:45
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:54

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:01 – 08:22 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:22 – 09:43 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:43 – 11:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:04 – 12:25 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:25 – 13:46 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:46 – 15:07 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:07 – 16:28 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:28 – 17:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:49 – 19:28 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:28 – 21:07 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:07 – 22:46 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:46 – 00:25 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:25 – 02:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:04 – 03:43 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:43 – 05:22 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:22 – 07:01 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868950.27 · 5117.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457415.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0775° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)227.93° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (24.0775°) · declination -18.39° · EoT -12.97 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:2016-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)