पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · December 23, 1976 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: 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 14.2 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
इदं ज्ञानमुपाश्रित्य मम साधर्म्यमागताः।सर्गेऽपि नोपजायन्ते प्रलये न व्यथन्ति च।।14.2।।
"14.2 Dwelling in Wisdom and realising My Divinity, they are not born again when the universe is re-created at the beginning of every cycle, nor are they affected when it is dissolved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2033 Śukla
Śaka Saṁvat: 1898 Nala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1383
Malayalam Era: 1152
Nanakshahi: 507
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.81°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra274.16°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala240.12°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha268.07°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati28.44°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शुक्र Śukra292.58°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani112.80°KarkaAśleṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:17 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:46 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 29 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:53 – 06:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:25 – 07:17
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 14:58
Godhūli Muhūrta17:34 – 17:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:46 – 18:12
Amṛta Kāla17:31 – 19:16
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 00:52

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:50 – 15:08
Yamaganda07:17 – 08:36
Gulika Kāla09:54 – 11:13
Varjyam07:43 – 08:00
Dur Muhūrta 09:44 – 10:05

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:17 – 08:36 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:36 – 09:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:54 – 11:13 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:13 – 12:31 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:31 – 13:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:50 – 15:08 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:08 – 16:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:27 – 17:46 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:46 – 19:27 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:27 – 21:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:08 – 22:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:50 – 00:31 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:31 – 02:13 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:13 – 03:54 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:54 – 05:36 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:36 – 07:17 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 26.49°
Longitude: 74.55°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5078 · Kali-5078
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1854670.27 · 5077.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2443135.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5314° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)26.61° · 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 (23.5314°) · declination -23.43° · EoT 0.44 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:1976-12-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)