पञ्चाङ्ग — Meerut, Uttar Pradesh · January 31, 2012 CE

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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 1.29 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति।

वेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते।।1.29।।
"1.29 My limbs fail me and my throat is parched, my body trembles and my hair stands on end." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.29's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya286.53°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra15.10°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.55°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha281.29°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati8.34°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra326.06°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani185.18°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:56 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:03 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 47 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 12 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:43 – 06:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:15 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta12:11 – 12:54
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta17:44 – 18:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:56 – 18:23
Amṛta Kāla17:41 – 19:26
Niśīta Muhūrta00:11 – 00:54

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:15 – 16:35
Yamaganda09:51 – 11:12
Gulika Kāla12:33 – 13:54
Varjyam07:36 – 07:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:40 – 10:02

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:09 – 08:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:30 – 09:51 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:51 – 11:12 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:12 – 12:33 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:33 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:54 – 15:15 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:15 – 16:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:35 – 17:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:56 – 19:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:35 – 21:15 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:15 – 22:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:54 – 00:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:33 – 02:12 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:12 – 03:51 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:51 – 05:30 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:30 – 07:09 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 28.9845°
Longitude: 77.7064°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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)1867492.27 · 5113.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455957.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0218° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)89.40° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (24.0218°) · declination -17.59° · EoT -13.53 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:2012-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)