पञ्चाङ्ग — Noida, Uttar Pradesh · January 28, 1996 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 13.2 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचइदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते।एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः।।13.2।।
"13.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: O Arjuna! The body of man is the playground of the Self; and That which knows the activities of Matter, sages call the Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.59°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra20.04°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala291.64°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha265.66°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati251.78°DhanuMūla P4
शुक्र Śukra321.83°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani327.89°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:11 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:56 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 44 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 15 Mins 22 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:45 – 06:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:17 – 07:11
Abhijit Muhūrta12:12 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta17:44 – 18:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:56 – 18:23
Amṛta Kāla17:41 – 19:26
Niśīta Muhūrta00:12 – 00:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:35 – 17:56
Yamaganda12:33 – 13:54
Gulika Kāla15:15 – 16:35
Varjyam07:38 – 07:55
Dur Muhūrta 09:42 – 10:03

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (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 Udveg07:11 – 08:32 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:32 – 09:52 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:52 – 11:13 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:13 – 12:33 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:33 – 13:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:54 – 15:15 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:15 – 16:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:35 – 17:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:56 – 19:35 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:35 – 21:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:15 – 22:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:54 – 00:33 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:33 – 02:13 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:13 – 03:52 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:52 – 05:32 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:32 – 07:11 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 28.5355°
Longitude: 77.391°
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-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 Year5097 · Kali-5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861645.27 · 5097.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450110.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7981° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)93.74° · 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 (23.7981°) · declination -18.42° · 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:1996-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)