पञ्चाङ्ग — Raipur, Chhattisgarh · December 18, 2016 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 10.38 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
दण्डो दमयतामस्मि नीतिरस्मि जिगीषताम्।

मौनं चैवास्मि गुह्यानां ज्ञानं ज्ञानवतामहम्।।10.38।।
"10.38 I am the Sceptre of rulers, the Strategy of the conquerors, the Silence of mystery, the Wisdom of the wise." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya242.46°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra116.57°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala304.65°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha260.77°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati174.83°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra287.65°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani235.47°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

☀️ Raipur, Chhattisgarh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:26 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:03 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 35 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:09 – 05:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:41 – 06:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:32
Godhūli Muhūrta17:14 – 17:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:26 – 17:53
Amṛta Kāla17:11 – 18:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:22

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:05 – 17:26
Yamaganda12:01 – 13:22
Gulika Kāla14:43 – 16:05
Varjyam07:03 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:29

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:35 – 07:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:57 – 09:18 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:18 – 10:39 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:39 – 12:01 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:01 – 13:22 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:22 – 14:43 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:43 – 16:05 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:05 – 17:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:26 – 19:05 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:05 – 20:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:43 – 22:22 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:22 – 00:01 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:01 – 01:39 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:39 – 03:18 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:18 – 04:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:57 – 06:35 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 21.2514°
Longitude: 81.6296°
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 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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869275.27 · 5117.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457740.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0900° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)232.52° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (24.0900°) · declination -23.39° · EoT 2.79 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:2016-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)