पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · December 21, 1996 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 2.71 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः।

निर्ममो निरहंकारः स शांतिमधिगच्छति।।2.71।।
"2.71 He attains Peace who, giving up desire, moves through the world without aspiration, possessing nothing which he can call his own, and free from pride." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.71's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya245.64°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra20.89°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala151.40°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha264.92°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati268.92°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra220.99°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani337.06°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:45 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:55 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:52 – 06:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:24 – 07:16
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:33 – 17:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:45 – 18:11
Amṛta Kāla17:30 – 19:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:51

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:53 – 11:12
Yamaganda13:49 – 15:08
Gulika Kāla07:16 – 08:35
Varjyam07:42 – 07:59
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:04

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:16 – 08:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:35 – 09:53 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:53 – 11:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:12 – 12:30 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:30 – 13:49 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:49 – 15:08 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:08 – 16:26 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:26 – 17:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:45 – 19:26 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:26 – 21:08 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:08 – 22:49 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:49 – 00:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:30 – 02:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:12 – 03:53 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:53 – 05:35 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:35 – 07:16 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861973.27 · 5097.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450438.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8107° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)134.78° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (23.8107°) · declination -23.44° · EoT 1.38 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:1996-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)