पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · December 20, 1978 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 15.1 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम्।छन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित्।।15.1।।
"15.1 "Lord Shri Krishna continued: This phenomenal creation, which is both ephemeral and eternal, is like a tree, but having its seed above in the Highest and its ramifications on this earth below. The scriptures are its leaves, and he who understands this, knows." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2035 Prajāpati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1900 Kālayukta
Bengali Saṁvat: 1385
Malayalam Era: 1154
Nanakshahi: 509
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya244.23°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra124.74°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala252.27°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha223.39°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati104.23°KarkaPuṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra201.92°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani140.24°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:44 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:05 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:59 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:52 – 06:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:23 – 07:16
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:32 – 17:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:44 – 18:10
Amṛta Kāla17:29 – 19:14
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:51

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:30 – 13:49
Yamaganda08:34 – 09:53
Gulika Kāla11:11 – 12:30
Varjyam07:42 – 07:59
Dur Muhūrta 09:42 – 10:03

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Labha07:16 – 08:34 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:34 – 09:53 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:53 – 11:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:11 – 12:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:30 – 13:49 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:49 – 15:07 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:07 – 16:26 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:26 – 17:44 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:44 – 19:26 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:26 – 21:07 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:07 – 22:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:49 – 00:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:30 – 02:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:11 – 03:53 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:53 – 05:34 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:34 – 07:16 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5080 · Kali-5080
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855397.27 · 5079.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2443862.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5592° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)244.06° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (23.5592°) · declination -23.42° · EoT 1.85 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:1978-12-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)