पञ्चाङ्ग — Purī (Jagannāth) · January 8, 1996 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.2 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचमय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते।श्रद्धया परयोपेतास्ते मे युक्ततमा मताः।।12.2।।
"12.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Those who keep their minds fixed on Me, who worship Me always with unwavering faith and concentration; these are the very best." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.23°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra106.94°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala275.91°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha281.18°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati247.42°DhanuMūla P3
शुक्र Śukra297.51°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani326.10°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:57 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 59 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 00 Mins 25 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:56 – 05:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:29 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:27
Godhūli Muhūrta17:11 – 17:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:23 – 17:51
Amṛta Kāla17:08 – 18:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:15

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:46 – 09:08
Yamaganda10:31 – 11:53
Gulika Kāla13:16 – 14:38
Varjyam06:51 – 07:09
Dur Muhūrta 08:57 – 09:19

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:24 – 07:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:46 – 09:08 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:08 – 10:31 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:31 – 11:53 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:53 – 13:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:16 – 14:38 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:38 – 16:01 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:01 – 17:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:23 – 19:01 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:01 – 20:38 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:38 – 22:16 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:16 – 23:53 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:53 – 01:31 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:31 – 03:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:08 – 04:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:46 – 06:24 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 19.8135°
Longitude: 85.8312°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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)1861625.27 · 5097.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450090.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7974° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)206.03° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (23.7974°) · declination -22.35° · EoT -6.70 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:1996-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)