पञ्चाङ्ग — Nāśik · January 28, 2018 CE

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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 2.68 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः।

इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता।।2.68।।
"2.68 Therefore, O Might-in-Arms, he who keeps his senses detached from their objects - take it that his reason is purified." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.68's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.95°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra54.71°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala216.52°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha270.15°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati206.49°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra288.19°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani250.17°DhanuMūla P4

☀️ Nāśik — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:12 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:48 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 12 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 47 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:42 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:16 – 07:12
Abhijit Muhūrta12:25 – 13:10
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:12 – 18:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:24 – 18:52
Amṛta Kāla18:09 – 19:54
Niśīta Muhūrta00:25 – 01:10

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:00 – 18:24
Yamaganda12:48 – 14:12
Gulika Kāla15:36 – 17:00
Varjyam07:40 – 07:58
Dur Muhūrta 09:49 – 10:11

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:12 – 08:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:36 – 10:00 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:00 – 11:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:24 – 12:48 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:48 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:12 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:36 – 17:00 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:00 – 18:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:24 – 20:00 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:00 – 21:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:36 – 23:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:12 – 00:48 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:48 – 02:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:24 – 04:00 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:00 – 05:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:36 – 07:12 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 19.9975°
Longitude: 73.7898°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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 Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869681.27 · 5119.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458146.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1055° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)133.40° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (24.1055°) · declination -18.25° · 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:2018-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)