पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · December 22, 1987 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 8.26 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
"8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2044 Vikrama
Śaka Saṁvat: 1909 Prabhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1394
Malayalam Era: 1163
Nanakshahi: 518
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya245.96°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra263.68°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala204.83°TulāViśākhā P2
बुध Budha245.40°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati356.83°MīnaRevatī P4
शुक्र Śukra276.22°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani240.28°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:17 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:45 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:57 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:53 – 06:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:24 – 07:17
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 14:58
Godhūli Muhūrta17:33 – 17:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:45 – 18:11
Amṛta Kāla17:30 – 19:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 00:52

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:08 – 16:27
Yamaganda09:54 – 11:12
Gulika Kāla12:31 – 13:49
Varjyam07:43 – 08:00
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:04

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:17 – 08:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:35 – 09:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:54 – 11:12 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:12 – 12:31 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:31 – 13:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:49 – 15:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:08 – 16:27 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:27 – 17:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:45 – 19:27 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:27 – 21:08 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:08 – 22:49 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:49 – 00:31 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:31 – 02:12 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:12 – 03:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:54 – 05:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:35 – 07:17 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5089 · Kali-5089
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1858686.27 · 5088.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2447151.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6850° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)15.42° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.6850°) · declination -23.44° · EoT 0.91 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:1987-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)