पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · January 20, 2001 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: 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 5.3 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति।

निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते।।5.3।।
"5.3 He is a true ascetic who never desires or dislikes, who is uninfluenced by the opposites and is easily freed from bondage." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2058 Jaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1923 Vṛṣa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1408
Malayalam Era: 1177
Nanakshahi: 532
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya276.18°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra227.09°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala202.00°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha291.73°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati37.34°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
शुक्र Śukra323.23°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani30.12°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:21 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:10 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 43 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 16 Mins 11 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:55 – 06:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:27 – 07:21
Abhijit Muhūrta12:21 – 13:04
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:31
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta00:21 – 01:04

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:02 – 11:22
Yamaganda14:03 – 15:24
Gulika Kāla07:21 – 08:41
Varjyam07:48 – 08:05
Dur Muhūrta 09:51 – 10:13

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:21 – 08:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:41 – 10:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:02 – 11:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:22 – 12:43 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:43 – 14:03 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:03 – 15:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:24 – 16:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:44 – 18:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:05 – 19:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:44 – 21:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:24 – 23:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:03 – 00:43 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:43 – 02:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:22 – 04:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:02 – 05:41 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:41 – 07:21 (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 Year5102 · Kali-5102
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863464.27 · 5102.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451929.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8677° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)308.57° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.8677°) · declination -20.14° · EoT -10.96 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:2001-01-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)