पञ्चाङ्ग — Purī (Jagannāth) · January 16, 1998 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 13.20 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि।विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसंभवान्।।13.20।।
"13.20 Know thou further that Nature and God have no beginning; and that differences of character and quality have their origin in Nature only." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya271.87°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra129.95°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala298.82°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha250.47°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati301.67°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra272.49°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani350.53°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:28 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 04 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 55 Mins 57 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:56 – 05:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:29 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta17:16 – 17:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:28 – 17:56
Amṛta Kāla17:13 – 18:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:19

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:33 – 11:56
Yamaganda14:42 – 16:05
Gulika Kāla07:47 – 09:10
Varjyam06:52 – 07:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:24 – 07:47 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:47 – 09:10 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:10 – 10:33 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:33 – 11:56 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:56 – 13:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:19 – 14:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:42 – 16:05 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:05 – 17:28 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:28 – 19:05 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:05 – 20:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:42 – 22:19 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:19 – 23:56 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:56 – 01:33 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:33 – 03:10 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:10 – 04:47 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:47 – 06:24 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862364.27 · 5099.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450829.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8256° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)220.57° · 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 (23.8256°) · declination -21.00° · EoT -9.69 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:1998-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)