पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · January 16, 2056 CE

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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 18.40 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः।सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्ित्रभिर्गुणैः।।18.40।।
"18.40 There is nothing anywhere on earth or in the higher worlds which is free from the three Qualities - for they are born of Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2113 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1978 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1463
Malayalam Era: 1232
Nanakshahi: 587
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya270.98°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra259.95°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala256.77°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha251.12°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati265.84°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra237.97°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani339.21°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 39 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 20 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:56 – 06:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:28 – 07:22
Abhijit Muhūrta12:20 – 13:03
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta17:49 – 18:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:01 – 18:28
Amṛta Kāla17:46 – 19:31
Niśīta Muhūrta00:20 – 01:03

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:41 – 18:01
Yamaganda12:41 – 14:01
Gulika Kāla15:21 – 16:41
Varjyam07:48 – 08:05
Dur Muhūrta 09:51 – 10:12

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Udveg07:22 – 08:42 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:42 – 10:02 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:02 – 11:22 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:22 – 12:41 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:41 – 14:01 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:01 – 15:21 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:21 – 16:41 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:41 – 18:01 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:01 – 19:41 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:41 – 21:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:21 – 23:01 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:01 – 00:41 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:41 – 02:22 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:22 – 04:02 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:02 – 05:42 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:42 – 07:22 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

🌌 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 Year5157 · Kali-5157
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1883548.27 · 5157.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2472013.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.6359° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)350.61° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30)
🪷 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 (24.6359°) · declination -21.02° · EoT -9.69 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:2056-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)