पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · January 17, 1896 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 10.36 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
द्यूतं छलयतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम्।

जयोऽस्मि व्यवसायोऽस्मि सत्त्वं सत्त्ववतामहम्।।10.36।।
"10.36 I am the Gambling of the cheat and the Splendour of the splendid; I am Victory; I am Effort; and I am the Purity of the pure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1953 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1818 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1303
Malayalam Era: 1072
Nanakshahi: 427
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya274.07°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra297.91°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala244.68°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha291.92°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati103.24°KarkaPuṣya P3
शुक्र Śukra233.73°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani206.30°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:50 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 40 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 19 Mins 28 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:56 – 06:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:28 – 07:22
Abhijit Muhūrta12:20 – 13:03
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:02 – 18:29
Amṛta Kāla17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta00:20 – 01:03

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:22 – 12:42
Yamaganda15:22 – 16:42
Gulika Kāla08:42 – 10:02
Varjyam07:48 – 08:05
Dur Muhūrta 09:51 – 10:12

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:22 – 08:42 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:42 – 10:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:02 – 11:22 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:22 – 12:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:42 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:02 – 15:22 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:22 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:42 – 18:02 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:02 – 19:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:42 – 21:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:22 – 23:02 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:02 – 00:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:42 – 02:22 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:22 – 04:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:02 – 05:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:42 – 07:22 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 26.49°
Longitude: 74.55°
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 Year4997 · Kali-4997
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1825110.27 · 4997.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2413575.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.4008° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)26.37° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (22.4008°) · declination -20.86° · EoT -10.03 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:1896-01-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)